Pointing it out to You!!! Becoming a millionaire Cocker

I was in a group discussion with other cockers about the approximate costs for each bird to get from the “Egg to the Pit”, there was several figures thrown out and I wrote a semblance of this and thought I would share it with everyone.

From the time we procure the land needed to raise these birds and install the fencing needed to protect them...and we purchase that first trio. This is just the beginning of the cost. Let’s face it, wood is expensive, wire is expensive, tin is expensive; barrels, pvc, tiecords, waterers, hitches, stakes, and feed are all expensive. Everything cost good hard-earned cash with these ole birds of ours and that’s before we factor in the cost of what is needed for conditioning. Raising gamebirds is an expensive hobby, and yes some are able to offset some of this expense by selling birds or eggs, some are able to win a derby or two. Those that turn a profit year after year, I salute you.

People think we are cruel to be so rigorous in our culling practices but to be quite honest its not cruel to be kind. Most of us in the sport realize that we are not raising chickens, we are raising athletes, we are raising warriors and like the Spartans that knew a thing or two about being a warrior, know that to be kind is the cruelest thing of all. This is a seriously expensive hobby that if done right will fill your soul and drain your pockets. The weather, and the many sleepless nights that have to be factored into your expenses, after all “Time Is Money” too.

F B McGuinness is a research facility, we are constantly looking towards the future, with one foot anchored firmly in the past and consistently looking for the best way to produce winning Gamebirds. Ever on the lookout for the finest feed combinations, and the best medications. We also look to how to protect these birds from all predators (the ones that fly and the ones that prowl the night, including the 2-legged variety). It can be frustrating at times and yet when any breakthrough is made, it is so rewarding and uplifting. I consider the time I have spent raising these ole birds as “Organized Chaos on a Grand Scale”.

On a personal level, I learned my craft and general knowledge first from a school that only catered to large egg/meat farming. What a sorry business that was. I then took that basic knowledge and utilized it into gamebird farming. This was an education that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years. It can be best described as the equivalent to getting a Gamefowl Raising Degree from Harvard University. Yes it was expensive, but I would not trade that experience for all the money to be returned to me in one lump sum.

If you make a living doing what you love, you can’t put a price on that. There are many definitions of being successful in this sport and regardless of whether you raise a few birds or hundreds, you treat it like the hobby it is and follow your passion, because if you do it just for the money, you won’t be in this sport for long.

So you want to know how to become a Millionaire Cocker in this sport, it’s really pretty easy, just start out as a Billionaire Cocker.

Keep em crowing.