Pastured Poultry Profits - Is A 6 Figure Income Possible?
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Chuck from Sheraton Park Farms discusses the profitability of raising pastured broilers on a small scale. He shares the costs, feed conversion rates, and potential profits from processing 125 chickens. Chuck compares his 2020 numbers to Joel Salatin's 1993 book, 'Pastured Poultry Profits,' and calculates the potential net income from raising broilers on different acreages. He emphasizes the scalability and hard work involved in this type of farming, concluding that pastured poultry can be profitable with the right market and management.
Takeaways
- 📈 The speaker discusses the profitability of raising pastured broilers on a small-scale farm, comparing current numbers to those from Joel Salatin's 1993 book.
- 🐓 In a recent batch, 125 broilers were processed with only a 2.4% loss rate, which the speaker considers very successful.
- 💰 The cost to produce the broilers was $901.48, which includes chicks, feed, labor, and other inputs.
- 📊 The feed conversion rate was 2.52, meaning it took 2.52 pounds of feed to produce one pound of sellable product.
- 💲 The total retail value of the processed birds was $3,632.09, with a potential profit of $2,730 if all were sold at full retail price.
- 🔢 The speaker calculates that with four chicken tractors, they can cover 0.27 acres per batch, which can yield a profit of $2,730 in under two months.
- 🌱 The profitability and scalability of the operation are emphasized, with the potential to net $10,920 on one acre, $65,400 on five acres, and $218,400 on 20 acres in 2020.
- ⏱ The speaker notes that these numbers are based on a single pass of the birds across the property and do not account for reusing the same space.
- 👨🌾 The work involved in pastured poultry farming is acknowledged as being hard but enjoyable, and the speaker expresses satisfaction with this lifestyle.
- 📖 The speaker contrasts the book's 1993 numbers with current figures, highlighting how the business model has evolved and remains profitable with adjustments for the modern market.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video script?
-The main topic of the video script is the profitability of raising pastured broilers (chickens) on a farm, specifically comparing the potential earnings in 2020 to those outlined by Joel Salatin in his 1993 book.
What is the name of the farm featured in the script?
-The farm featured in the script is called Sheraton Park Farms.
How many chickens were processed in the batch discussed in the script?
-In the batch discussed, 125 pastured chickens were processed.
What was the loss rate of the chickens in the batch?
-The loss rate of the chickens was 2.4%, with only three birds lost out of 128.
What are the costs included in the cost of production for the chickens?
-The costs included in the cost of production are the cost of chicks, shipping, shavings, feed, and labor involved in processing.
What is the total retail value of the processed chickens mentioned in the script?
-The total retail value of the processed chickens is $3,632.09.
What is the feed conversion rate for the batch of chickens discussed?
-The feed conversion rate for the batch is 2.52 pounds of feed for every pound of sellable product.
How much potential profit could be made from processing 125 pastured chickens according to the script?
-The potential profit from processing 125 pastured chickens is $2,730.61.
How much space does one batch of pastured broilers cover according to the script?
-One batch of pastured broilers covers approximately a quarter of an acre.
What is the potential net profit for running pasture broilers on 20 acres according to the calculations in the script?
-The potential net profit for running pasture broilers on 20 acres is $218,400.
What does the author suggest about the scalability of pasture poultry farming?
-The author suggests that pasture poultry farming is scalable, meaning it can be expanded or reduced depending on available resources such as land and infrastructure.
Outlines
🐔 Farming Profits with Pastured Poultry
Chuck from Sheraton Park Farms discusses the financial aspects of raising pastured broilers on a small scale. He details the process of raising 125 chickens, from receiving day-old chicks to selling the processed birds at local markets. The discussion includes feed conversion rates, cost of inputs such as chicks, feed, and labor, and potential profit. Chuck also compares his 2020 numbers to those in Joel Salatin's 1993 book, 'Pastured Poultry Profits,' which claimed the potential to net $25,000 in six months on 20 acres. Chuck highlights the importance of scalability in this type of farming and addresses the labor-intensive nature of the work.
📊 Analyzing Pastured Poultry Production Costs and Revenue
In this segment, the focus is on the cost and revenue analysis for a batch of 125 pastured chickens. The total sellable product weight is calculated, along with the amount of feed required to produce it. A feed conversion rate of 2.52 is determined, meaning for every 2.52 pounds of feed, one pound of sellable product is obtained. The total retail value of the chickens is detailed, including the price per pound for various cuts like wings, breasts, leg thigh quarters, halves, and livers. The potential profit after accounting for the cost of production is revealed, demonstrating the financial viability of small-scale pastured poultry farming.
🌱 Scaling Pastured Poultry Farming for Profit
Chuck explores the scalability of pastured poultry farming, using his farm's experience to project potential profits on different scales. He calculates the potential net income from running pastured broilers on one acre, five acres, ten acres, and twenty acres, based on the profit made from a quarter-acre batch. He emphasizes that these numbers are based on the assumption of selling all products at full retail price and that there are many variables to consider, such as market prices and the ability to invest in infrastructure. The discussion concludes with an affirmation of the profitability and scalability of pastured poultry farming, despite its demanding nature.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Pastured Rollers
💡Feed Conversion Rate
💡Cost of Goods
💡Potential Profit
💡Scalability
💡Joel Salatin
💡Chicken Tractors
💡Sellable Product
💡Retail Value
💡Farming Season
💡Labor
Highlights
Pastured broilers on 20 acres can yield significant profit, with potential earnings compared to Joel Salatin's 1993 numbers.
The speaker, Chuck, discusses the process of raising pastured chickens, including feed conversion rates and cost of goods.
A batch of 125 pastured chickens was processed, with only three losses, indicating a 2.4% loss rate.
Cost to produce the chickens included chicks, shipping, shavings, feed, and labor, totaling $901.48.
The retail value of the processed chickens' parts was calculated, with prices ranging from $7.99 to $10.99 per pound.
A total sellable product weight of 377.19 pounds was achieved from 950 pounds of feed, resulting in a feed conversion rate of 2.52.
The potential profit from selling the processed chickens at full retail price is $2,730.
The speaker details the scalability of pastured poultry farming, emphasizing the importance of context and resources.
Using John Ciscovich-style chicken tractors, the speaker calculates the amount of land used and the potential profit per acre.
A potential net profit of $10,920 is estimated for one acre in 56 days, considering the current market and operational costs.
The speaker projects that on 20 acres, a farmer could net a potential profit of $218,400 with pastured poultry in 2020.
The discussion includes a comparison of the profitability of pastured poultry farming in 2020 versus 1993, highlighting changes in the industry.
The speaker emphasizes the hard work involved in pastured poultry farming and the satisfaction derived from the lifestyle.
The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to subscribe, share, and engage with the content on local farming and sustainable living.
Transcripts
what can you net how much money can you
make
with pastured rollers on 20 acres
in 2020 compared to joel salafin's
1993 number how much money can you make
you could make a potential well hey
friends and neighbors this is chuck out
at sheraton park farms welcome back to
the farm
so we're out here with our pasture
broilers today and
about a week ago we processed 125 of our
pastured chickens that we sell at local
farmers markets and
directly here off the farm so what i
want to do today is i want to go through
those numbers i want to talk about what
our feed conversion was what our
cost of goods cost of input was to raise
those birds and then what our potential
profit
is going to be on that group of chickens
also for those of you that are
interested in pasture poultry or you're
raising pasture poultry or you just have
an interest in this kind of
this kind of farming you've probably
seen or you've got a copy of this book
this is joel salton's pastured poultry
profits and the tagline on this says
net 25 000 in six months
on 20 acres this book was written
in 1993 it's almost 30 years old so
i want to talk about why i think those
numbers are off
can you make money with pasture poultry
and if so
how much stick around let's talk about
that
okay so first thing i want to talk about
is what were our numbers on this
last batch of chickens that
we processed so the birds that we done
they were born on july the 7th
and then they were processed on
september the 7th so they were
just a little over eight weeks old
almost nine weeks old
um we got 128 of those birds in the mail
and then we processed 125 so we only
lost three
super happy with that that's uh that's a
great number
to only lose three um we we managed the
brooder correctly
didn't have any predator issues at all
out on pasture so we only had a 2.4
loss on those birds so super super happy
with that
now what was our cost to produce those
birds in other words how much did it
cost us
to get those birds from day old chicks
to packaged
in the freezer ready to sell so
when we calculate our cost to produce
our cost of
cost input we include the cost of
chicks shipping shavings feed and then
labor and our labor we calculate that
based
on folks that come in and help us do the
processing
saunder and i right now we still don't
um calculate any of our labor in this
um being in the third year we still
consider that
our investment into the farm we're
almost to the point now that we do need
to start adding our labor into
the whole process but anyway enough
about that cost to produce
901.48 cents 901.48 we'll come back to
that in just a minute
so when we process birds what do we put
together in other words what's our
packaging what
what do we have for sale and what's the
price on that
on this batch of birds we did not do
any whole birds in other words we didn't
leave any birds whole and package those
in the shrink bags
everything was cut up in one way or the
other we also did not keep out any backs
so sometimes we do keep out back
sometimes we keep out feet
we're going to keep out feet that just
became a tedious
process so we elected not to keep out
feet this time we left them not to keep
out backs
we do wings uh our wings are 7.99 a
pound
we do breasts breasts are 10.99 a pound
we did go up on rest a little bit this
time based on the usda report
and what pasture poultry is bringing in
north carolina right now we did go up
just a little bit
on breasts so breasts are 10.99 a pound
leg thigh quarters that's the leg in the
thigh together 8.99 a pound
we did keep some chicken halves cut the
backbone out
uh split it down the middle so you get
half chicken
uh we kept out some halves 7.99 a pound
and we keep out livers we got a lot of
folks around here that really enjoy
chicken livers so
total retail on those individual things
um wings uh all the wings we have in the
freezer
313 dollars and 29 cents breast
1793 dollars and two cents
leg five quarters 1 379.97
halves 72.7 cents
livers 73.74 cents
so that's how much that's the retail
value of each of those individual cuts
in the freezer
so how much sellable weight how much
sellable product
is there in those breasts leg thigh
quarters
livers wings halves all that stuff
what's the total sellable weight
total sellable product weight 377.19
pounds
377.19 pounds now how much feed did it
take us to get there that's always
something that we
that we talk about and something that we
think is important it took us 950 pounds
of feed
almost half a ton took us 950 pounds of
feed
to get 377.19 pounds of sellable product
that translates into a feed conversion
rate of 2.52
so for every 2.52 pounds of feed
that we fed those birds we ended up with
one pound
of sellable product that could have been
better
had we kept out backs had we kept out
feet but for this particular batch
2.52 pounds of feed for every pound of
sellable product
now stop beating around the bush what's
the
what's the final numbers look like total
retail value
of all of that product that we put in
the freezer
three thousand six hundred thirty two
dollars and nine cents let me say that
again
total retail value of all of that
product that we put in the freezer all
the breasts all the wings all the legs
everything three thousand six hundred
thirty two dollars and nine cents
if you remember a minute ago i said our
cost of goods or cost of produce
901.48 cents
901.48 that leaves us with a potential
profit
if we sell everything full on retail and
we always give some stuff away
we eat some of it so you know we'll not
realize this number completely but
if we were to sell everything full-on
retail
dollars and 2730. cents that's our
potential profit on 125
pasture-raised chickens
so taking that number that
two thousand seven hundred thirty
dollars
um and sixty one cents let's use that
number let's let's kind of play with
that for just a minute
so as you all know we use these john
ciscovich style
chicken tractors and these things
measure out six feet
by 12 feet so one chicken tractor
takes up 72 square feet
and we run four of them that last batch
that we had 125 birds on
with the potential profit of two
thousand seven hundred thirty dollars we
ran
four saskovic style chicken tractors
so four ciscode-style chicken tractors
will cover 288
square feet per day we had those birds
out on pasture for six weeks so they
were out on pasture for 42 days
so if we take 288 square feet per day
we multiply that by 42 days
we cover 12 096
square feet per batch of
pasture raised brawlers if we divide
12 096 by 43
560 which is the square foot of an acre
we get 0.27 acres so when we run
a batch of pastured rollers four chicken
tractors across the field for six weeks
we cover ease of figuring a quarter acre
so if we cover a quarter acre
with this group of chickens and our
potential profit is two thousand
seven hundred and thirty dollars on a
quarter acre
in 56 days so that's counting
two weeks in the brooder so we can make
twenty seven hundred
thirty dollars on a quarter acre in a
little under two months
now this is scalable
it's scalable up it's scalable down and
that's a key point that joel makes in
his book
is that this type of enterprise should
be scalable
you can go up you can go down depending
on your context and what resources you
have available in terms of land
the money to purchase materials to build
tractors
uh and all those kinds of things but i
want to play with the numbers just a
little bit
just to see what we could do
with pasture broilers on 20 acres
in 2020 as opposed to 1993.
so using those same numbers if we were
to run
pasture broilers across an acre so we
would either have to use four
tractors four times or 16 tractors once
going across an acre we could net now
this is not gross
this is net remember this is based on
our on our profit
we could net 10 920
basically in 56 days in two months
now there are a lot of variables here
can you get those prices for chicken in
your area do you have a market
do you have the ability to to
purchase build the infrastructure
and enough infrastructure to do this on
a large scale is either going to take
a really big investment up front or
you're going to have to build into it
and that's really what we're doing we're
kind of building into this we started
out first year i think we had maybe
three or four chicken tractors and we've
got
we've got nine now so we are continuing
to scale up a little bit
but using those same numbers what could
you do on five acres
well on five acres you could potentially
net
six 54 dollars again using that two
thousand seven hundred and thirty dollar
profit that we're figuring
on 125 birds how about ten acres
one hundred nine thousand two hundred
dollars net
on 10 acres pastured chicken
using the numbers that we shared earlier
and finally
what can you net how much money can you
make
with pasture broilers on 20 acres
in 2020 compared to joel salafin's
1993 number how much money can you make
you could make a potential of 218
400 net on 20 acres
with pasture poultry and again a lot of
variables involved in that
in terms of what your growing season
looks like he says do it in six months
if you've got a longer grow
growing season you know potentially you
could make more if you've got a shorter
growing season potentially you could
make less depending upon how much you
want to work and how many chickens you
want to be
operating on at a time and again that's
only i didn't mention this earlier
but that's only running these chickens
across the property one time that's not
doubling back and reusing any space that
you've already
used on chickens so in the end
is pasture poultry profitable absolutely
it's profitable
is it scalable absolutely is it it is
scalable
um can you make money at it yeah you can
make money at it um
but it's a lot of work um you know we
talked about this
in circles around here and and i've
heard other folks mention it
um this this kind of living and
this kind of farming is not easy um and
i think sometimes maybe
we do it a little bit a little bit of an
injustice because we can cram a day's
worth of work into a 15 or a 20 minute
youtube video so
it is tough work but it's very enjoyable
and
i certainly wouldn't certainly wouldn't
do anything different
so there we are the latest numbers from
sheraton park farms and how we're doing
on our pasture poultry
and also uh you know a little bit of a
discussion across my book
a little bit of a discussion about
you know joel's numbers and i think
where they have uh
evolved into in 2020 so uh listen
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