This report outlines a very small business of my brother's.
It describes his business, target market, financial plans, and
marketing plans. I have tried to keep a neutral opinion
about his opinions as much as possible. I have tried to keep
my inputs and thoughts in the conclusion only.
The whole idea of my brother, insert name here, owning a
business started in early March of 1998 when one of the
neighbors jokingly suggested he should raise chickens and
sell them to people. A few days later he realized it could be
easily done, and with a profit. From mid-March to
September, he and I raised, and easily sold 600+ chickens,
we only wished we could have raised more. When March
of 1999 rolled around we were contemplating how many
chickens to buy, when the person we bought the chickens
from told us about the possibilities of rabbits. Because
rabbits are a yearlong project, and we knew I would be
leaving in the fall, it became his decision and ultimately his
project. He started out with 20 baby doe (females), 3 baby
bucks (males), and a small-borrowed hutch (cage) with all
23 rabbits jammed in tight. His investment in rabbits,
although considerable, was still to be outdone by the ones
in hutches and feed. He essentially spent all profits from
chickens the year before and then some. His project now
consists of 20 mature doe, 3 mature bucks, and
approximately 60 babies. He has taken over a section of a
large barn and turned it into a 30+ hutch rabbitry system
with a circulating automatic watering system., and recently
acquired a large weaning cage.
I asked him how he felt when he was getting started and he
said he didn't like spending all that money but he knew he
would get it all ...