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Topic subjectRE: Business idea that needs some feedback.
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3939, RE: Business idea that needs some feedback.
Posted by JazLive, Fri Sep-18-09 03:45 PM
Consider giving free plants to every customer that brings in a new customer. Consider rewarding repeat customers with a punch card; i.e, punch card for five purchases; 5th purchase enter drawing for weekly prize ( free meat ).

>This is about selling meat chickens. I would take preorders
>for how many whole chickens people wanted. I would feed them,
>keep them in a kennel so they would have plenty of room to
>range. To keep from having to be licensed. I would presell the
>chickens and basically offer to do the butchering from free.
>You can purchase day old chicks for less than $2 each. A
>cornish game hen would be ready to process in 4 weeks, a fryer
>would be like 6 weeks, and a roaster at 8 weeks. See each
>cornish game hen for $10, each fryer for $12.50, and each
>roaster for $15. I have the fenced in range areas already. The
>only upfront cost to me would be ordering the chickens and the
>food. I have all my own processing equipment. I only have 11
>layers right now but I could order more and actually sell
>eggs. I started taking preorders last year for tomato and
>pepper plants I started at home. I had 24 different varieties
>of tomatoes and 14 different pepper plants. I sold for $3.00
>ea. I just did this from my wifes work. In two weeks we sold
>about $120 worth and there are not that many people working
>with her. If you bought 4 plants you would get the 5th one
>free. We have had great comments from the people who bought
>our plants. Back ot the poultry. I can also do turkeys. I am
>thinking the minis called White Midgets and a couple of other
>different breeds.
>
>Well that is it so what do ya'll think?