How to Start a Chicken Farm From Scratch EP 36

In today’s episode of Dawn’s Dirt, it’s just you, me, and 600 rowdy chickens. I’m giving you the full scoop on how I went from running a 36,000 square foot greenhouse empire to becoming the loud, sunburned, swearin’-in-a-bikini egg lady at the farmers market. We’re talking laying hens, meat birds, DIY brooders, why I chose conventional feed, and how I’m clawing my way back into farm life one chicken shit-covered hand at a time. If you’ve ever dreamed of making money from your land—this is the real, raw, and ridiculously honest truth about what it takes. Spoiler: it’s not pretty, but it’s worth it. Let’s build that next empire, baby.

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Episode Highlights: homesteading hustle, chickens vs. vegetables, meat bird breeds, egg yolk color myths, infrastructure hacks, farm failures, Joel Salatin inspo, selling eggs at farmers markets, honest farming, small space farming, figuring it out, farm to table tips

Takeaways:
- Laying hens and meat birds can be profitable with a plan
- Organic isn’t always better if it doesn’t pencil out
- You don’t need a barn to start farming—just a tarp shed and grit
- Real farmers figure it out, even without brooders
- Transparency builds trust at the farmers market
- Scaling only works if your systems are dialed in
- Farming is about relationships, not just production

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Links & Resources Mentioned

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