Are You Getting The Most Out Of Your Livestock?
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If you fancy leaving the city and settling down in the countryside, you may be interested to know exactly how you can make some cash from rearing livestock. You’ll surely be very happy to hear that there are quite a few different ways in which you can make some extra cash by keeping various animals. Want to learn how you can turn keeping livestock into a viable business? Here are our top tips!
Horse Riding Lessons
If you have always dreamed of keeping horses one of the easiest ways to make some cash out of them is to start offering riding lessons. You just need to make sure that you have enough land on your property so that you can take classes in a paddock or have enough space to build a gymkhana. Teaching horse riding is a great little side hustle for those of you who love horses and enjoy working with kids. Another great benefit of working with horses and offering lessons is that you can hold the lessons at times to suit you. So if you do work full-time, you will be able to have our lessons in the evenings or at the weekend.
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Sell Chicken Eggs
If you don’t have that much space on your country property, you will still probably have enough space to raise some chickens. You only need half a dozen chickens to be able to get enough eggs to sell on a regular basis. Keeping chickens is extremely easy. You just need to make sure that they have a coop and enough outside space in which they can run around. Then all you need to do is feed them every day and get their eggs. You will be able to buy laying pellets that you can mix into your chicken food. This will help them lay more eggs on a regular basis.
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Bull Service
If you have a couple of cows, you could consider buying a bull so that your cows will fall pregnant every year. You will be able to sell the calves on for a considerable profit. You can sell them to people who want them for their meat or who are interested in keeping cows themselves. Many cows and calves are sold according to their weight so you will need to invest in some livestock scales so that you can accurately price the livestock that you sell.
Dairy Products
If you don’t fancy investing in a bull so that you can sell calves, you can still keep cows. Instead of selling the beasts, though, you can sell dairy products from the milk that you get from the cows. In fact, you can just sell the milk if you want! However, you will need to be able to pasteurize it before you sell it to the public or sell it to shops to sell on for you. But one excellent idea is to use the cow's’ milk to produce dairy products. By selling a variety of different dairy products, you will be increasing the size of your customer base. There are so many different products you could sell from a farm-style shop, such as cheese, yogurt, and butter. Have a few practice runs at making your chosen product to make sure that the quality is spot on!
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Manure
There is another way you can make money from your cows. It may be a smelly option, but it is a great way to get a few extra dollars! You just need to sell the manure! In fact, you don’t just have to sell cow’s manure. You can also sell manure from sheep and horses. Sure, collecting your livestock’s pooh every day can be a bit stinky, but you will be surprised at just how much you will be able to make! You can try selling this to your nearest garden center as there will be many gardeners who love to use fresh manure on their garden plants. If you don’t live near a garden center, you can simply advertise the manure yourself and sell it directly to them. If you decide to do this, you might have to invest in some hessian sacks or another packaging that you can sell the manure in.
As you can see, there are quite a few different ways to make money from keeping livestock. Eventually, all the animals will end up paying for themselves! Not only will keeping livestock make you a nice little sum of money, but it can also help you to make your property feel extremely quaint and like the perfect countryside home!
