How to Start a Chicken Farm (and Make Millions)

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How much can you make with a chicken farm—and what’s the best way to get started? We’re talking to the founders and owners of Marion Acres, a poultry farm they started from scratch in 2012.

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Geoff Scott and his friend John started farming because they wanted to grow their own food. They started off with 32 broiler chickens, a tractor from the ‘40s, and a handshake deal with the landowner.

From these humble beginnings, they’ve added Helvetia Farm Market and Helvetia Poultry Processing to their business, along with expanding Marion Acres to raise hundreds of chickens every year, along with turkeys, pigs, and cows, all of which is housed on a new, larger plot than the small farm they started with.

That all-in-one approach is a big factor in Marion Acres’ success. In today’s interview, we’ll find out why Geoff decided to add their own market and processing plant, and how this vertical integration has helped them grow their revenue. We’ll also find out how they’ve built a team as the business evolved, and how they built their brand in the local community to get their meat and eggs such a huge following.

Of course, there’s a lot that needs to happen before you can grow your chicken farming business like Marion Acres. We’ll find out how much it cost to start their farm, what kind of equipment they use, and how to find the right size and type of land for poultry farming. He’ll also share the mistakes he made early on and what hacks he’s learned along the way.

Anyone who owns a farm (or wants to start one) should watch this video! If you want to hear more insights from small farm owners, check out some of our past interviews:

How to Start a Farm Business that Makes $120K/Month ►
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oJ7CtdhQAY

Start a $188/year Pig Farm Business (From Scratch) ►
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eetbgeLDy6M

Resources:
https://www.marionacres.com/ – Learn more about Marion Acres on their website
https://www.upflip.com/blog/poultry-farming – See our complete guide to starting a poultry farm

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
1:01 Meeting the Team!
1:23 Why They Started The Farm
2:49 Tour of the Farm
3:20 Finding The Perfect Balance
4:16 How You Can Get Started TODAY
6:23 Tips on Managing Inventory
7:37 How To Find the Right Location
8:22 The Trick to Goal Setting
9:24 Retail vs. Online Sales
10:32 Key To Overcoming Challenges
12:23 Start with Little to NO Money
14:29 Tricks to Finding Good Employees
16:00 How Adding Products Helped the Business
16:57 Key Steps To Scale
18:32 MUST-HAVE Equipment
20:21 Key To Securing Financing
21:37 How To Be Successful
23:11 Permits To Be Aware Of
23:58 Things Geoff Wishes He Knew
25:05 Focusing on Customer Experience
26:15 Let’s Talk About the Seasons
27:18 Blitz Time with Jeff!
28:40 Let’s Talk Numbers
30:32 Trick To Building Reputation
32:07 How To Create an Eye-Catching Website
33:25 Benefits of Doing Everything Yourself
35:21 Systems and Processes
36:30 Expanding the Business
37:36 The Seasonality of the Market
38:28 What Profitable Looks Like
39:10 Try To Avoid These Mistakes
41:19 Tour of the Marketplace
42:35 Unique Ways To Use Your Farm
43:58 Being a One-Stop For Customers
45:16 Day to Day Life as a Farmer
46:25 Using Social Media To Engage
47:28 Why a Business Partner is Important
48:59 Why Geoff Chose Chickens
50:12 Advice to Fellow Entrepreneurs

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46 thoughts on “How to Start a Chicken Farm (and Make Millions)”

  10. I remember I dated a girl in Arizona whose step dad had a whole farm , but his chickens literally didn't matter to him because he made all his money off horse feed , so they had literally thousands of eggs all year long , all sorts of colors , now after seeing about an "egg shortage" in California and seeing the price of a dozen eggs (8.00$ + 1/19/23)

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  21. Really impressed just by watching the video. I'm also in the same business but has been quite slow, watching this video just motivated me. Thank you so much for inspiring me. All the way from Papua New Guinea.

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  26. That was very interesting. It is not often I watch long videos, but I watched this to the end. The chicken chose you and you choped it's head off and ate it. All jokes aside you are four hard working business partners, and are reaping the rewards of your labour. Hard to think all you have came from one idea, and 32 chickens. I like the meal on the farm idea. Greatest piece of advertising there is, and it is just time and organising. Not big $$$ that gets thrown away. I wish you all well. If I was looking for a job I call you. But I am happily retired 5 years ago.

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  40. If you don't have the money to buy wood to build the coop go around and look for pallets they make one of the best things to build coupe with the keep animals from breaking them apart to get into him and there's recycling companies you're like them the company to pick up your trash have big huge recycling plants and you can go and talk to them they will sell you the pallets

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  42. If you really want to find some good employees try dealing with the FFA farming programs talk to him about getting some good working kids that will be very responsible they're taught to the

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  44. Love your operation In South Georgia I have 9 acres and retired and I going to build me some chicken tractors and use my land for chicken and egg farming for something to do and keep me busy I love to stay busy that’s great for your health and make me extra income thanks for sharing I have learned a lot from your show ps Gods blessings for you and your family and employees

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