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peacockrancher
Joined: 07 Sep 2008
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Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:48 am
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There are several ways to make money if you get big enough, at my size right now with only two breeding pair it would take me forever to get enough feathers to make anything descent in quantity. I am a little leary about shipping eggs, but I guess people do it all the time, they also ship live peeps.
I don't know where this will all lead, I basically came here because I thought I needed a credit card. I found some good ideas about prepaid and went and purchased on of those. It gets the job done, so I will continue with the prepaid cards until I figure out what I want to do. |
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fireyone
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Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:03 pm
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I believe you may have some good ideas here with your birds. I just think you need to do a little research in the field to see where the opportunities lie. Is there any farms around your area that specialize in these birds? Have you surfed the net as a buyer, instead of o seller to see 1. How much the eggs sell for 2. How much the peeps sell for 3. How common these criitters are and how well liked?
Act as if you yourself would be interested in buying the birds or their by products. Just like you would do a car. I think you will find alot more answers this way. |
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peacockrancher
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Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:29 am
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Great suggestion fireyone, I have purchased these birds from a local breeder and have been in contact with a gentlemen in Texas who has all types and colors of these birds. I have emailed him some pictures and he says that I have the potential to throw white or what they refer to as pye birds, they are beautiful, like white lace with the eyes of gold.
Some people actually use these birds as watch dogs, mine however are quiet and don't make a lot of noise unless they are disturbed, they are pretty content. Usually if my husband fires up the chain saw or something that they are not used to they will get a little upset. Once they are used to the sound though they settle down. |
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goodnatured
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Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:01 pm
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I know people who have chinese geese as watch dogs and they will come after you, I am actually more afraid of them then I would be there dogs. They hiss and come at you, they are nasty buggers. mean as hell.
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fireyone
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Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:37 am
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| Reminds me of my sisters rooster. I went to visit her one day and it came up to my car. I swear all I said was "cock a doodle do" to it and it went bezerk. I couldn't even get out of my car without it wanting to eat me alive. She found this rather funny and stood on her porch laughing. So much for sisterly support. Let me tell you I am deathly afraid of these birds to this day. I won't go near them at my other sisters or brothers house..Sometimes they even get their rocks off chasing me with one. I ended up with a bad laceration from my bro doing this. |
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Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:59 am
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LOL, I had a pretty nasty rooster, I used to have to carry an aluminum chair with me to the garage or get flogged, hated that thing, the coon dogs got it when it flew over the fence, no hard feelings here.
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fireyone
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:35 am
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| I wouldn't have felt bad either. Nothing better to me than a dead rooster...like the ones in my kitchen. |
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peacockrancher
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Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:03 pm
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You are too funny there fireyone, did you have trauma with a bird that you have such harsh feelings about them. Roosters can be very territorial, they can get down right mean and look at everyone as a potential threat and there they go a flogging. I think it is just in their nature.
My peacocks are pretty mello, they will present themselves with all their feathers up but I have never had one actually come after me. I know that they are known to kill some pretty big snakes. Especially in India, they kill the cobra snakes. |
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fireyone
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Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:29 pm
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| I think thet is why the peacocks do not appeal to me. A little too much like roosters for my blood. It really could be a good investment. You must look into all the various ways this could earn you a few extra dollars. Have you done any research as of yet? |
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cs0khunter82
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:37 am
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Hey - I'm new here, and just jumping in, but I thought I might be able to give you a great big tidbit of advice. Check out www.sba.gov. They will help you to find out about financing for small businesses. The best place to start is with a business plan.
I attended a couple of courses at my local community college that was offered (at no charge) to small business owners to help them out with just this subject.
Best of luck to you (and your birdies!!) |
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peacockrancher
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Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:16 am
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| thank you |
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fireyone
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:16 am
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| Hey peacock..where ya been? A business plans sounds like a great move. My sister is interested in getting a couple birds. She lives on a farm and started collecting different animals and yes, birds. |
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