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Making $ with animals
Topic Started: Feb 11 2012, 12:01 AM (177 Views)
Little Rascal's Rabbitry
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Any ideas on making money with animals? My parents say no working at stables and farms because we don't know anyone with a farm close by and the people that ARE close by are total creepers. :lol:

I have heard raising Boer goats for meat is a good $$ maker, and sometimes rabbits for meat can bring a few dollars per bunny,..... Then someone told me they made lots of money off mini horses and purebred dogs. Any experience with this? My Grandma (LeFoxDen) says her wire fox terriers were a money pit so I guess dogs are just a hobby like rabbits, unless you are a TOP breeder.

I love working with animals. Its my beyond favorite thing in the world, I want to earn money for rabbits, while I take care of animals and get more experience with them. If i decide to breed any species for money, I want to do it RIGHT. And when I say right, I don't want people thinking I'm a BYB.
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From our 'goat grandma' 4H leader re making money on market (meat) goats. You lose money when a doe throws singletons, you break even on twins and you make money on triplets. Not great odds unless you start with a proven doe with a history of triplets. And that's all if you have plenty of pasture and aren't buying hay. Course, that's not including what you could make on milk - assuming you can establish local buyers for goat milk.

Not sure, but sheep might be an option -- lamb prices are high in the grocery store and I suspect there are even better local markets for local, free-range, kosher (which has to do with allowable humane slaughter methods). AND you have wool as a second product. Again, the trick is going to be establishing your market.

I doubt breeding/raising any pet animal responsibly is going to be a money-maker. Too much competition from irresponsible breeders, mills and commercial scale production - they keep prices low but at the expense of the animals. Exception being top-of-the-line high-quality pedigreed/registered animals - but it takes a long time to build the reputation to operate at that level.

How about pet-sitting, dog-walking and grooming services? Generally more piecemeal (like babysitting) but would be something.



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I think it will take more than a couple animals to make money. Just having a small herd of goats, sheep ect won't bring in a lot unless you get really big into. Kind of the same with rabbits, you don't make much (if any) off of a smaller amount. With my rabbits I am happy if they buy their own feed!

I think just finding a job would be the best bet, unless you live on a large farm where you have the room for lots of animals. It would be fun :)
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I'm 14. No jobs avalible to me. :( I don't know how to go about the dog walking business...
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Ohh, ya that sucks! I dont know what I would do if my parents didnt give me as much money as they do! Im thankful for it!
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to get into dog walking you post up ads saying that you are available to walk dogs. you figure out a base amount. Decide what type of dogs you'll walk.... as in do NOT take risky dogs for walks. Keep them always on a lead. Find out if you can walk them with other dogs, length of time and so forth. Give them more than 15 minutes and less than one hour. depending on type of dog and all that. talk with your local vet clinic and volunteer at the local pet store. Build a resume and work your way up. not that hard to do. Just be on time, honest and competitive. some folks also make a good living cleaning up doggie doo from backyards. gloves, good boots and strong garbage bags are a must.
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LOL I clean up enough animal doo doo at home. I'll pass on that one. ;)
OH! and I've heard ducks and geese are good meat animals to sell. My geese and ducks have always been so broody we had to throw away eggs to keep our population of school bus chasers low. (Our geese chased the school bus every morning and evening.) Can't you just have them lay on their own eggs and then sell the babies... if you can catch them? I'm pretty sure I'd let mama raise them until they are butcher age. :)
Edited by Little Rascal's Rabbitry, Feb 11 2012, 07:42 PM.
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We raised geese (for our own table - not to sell) when I was a kid. Mamas are very good at raising babies. If you want more, put the first batch she lays in an incubator (they are humidity sensitive, so a real cheap humidifier won't have a very good hatch rate). When she hatches the second batch you can give her the first set of goslings and she will usually 'adopt' them all (whether they were hers or from another). Doesn't seem to matter that they are such different ages. If your ducks go broody, they may hatch and mother well too. Ducks vary a lot by breed in terms of how well they sit eggs and mother. Pekins are the best meat breed but aren't known for doing well hatching their own.

But don't throw away duck eggs! Good food! Personally I like them better than chicken eggs - richer and better for baking! Growing market for them too as they are higher protein and lower cholesterol.
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We don't throw them away if they were layed on THAT day. Sometimes we will find a nest full with a hen (or two :lol: ) laying on it so we have to throw those away since we have no idea how old they are....... maybe my g-ma would let the Buff hen and mallard hen hatch this springs ducklings and sell them. Those 2 hens are sOOOOO broody. We have one more hen thats really young and she just started going broody so we could get ALOT of ducks. Our geese are all male, so I'll have to see about purchasing a few females. My favorite goose breed is the Touloose (sp?) We have 4 giant white males that are vicious right now. lol

I think those persistant mamas deserve to hatch at least one batch. It would be adorable to see those babies waddling around the yard..... Should I worry about the male ducks, geese, and chickens? My cat will have to be locked up or watched closely.....
Edited by Little Rascal's Rabbitry, Feb 12 2012, 11:00 AM.
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