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Today in 10 minutes or less, youâll learn: âï¸ Old goats plus new shenanigans equals profit âï¸ The GOAT business model âï¸ 5 other wild ways to make money with animals â
Move over, Dr. Dolittle⦠Iâm about to go wild Thatâs because today, Iâm talking animals. My favorite creatures fit smack dab in the middle of a Venn Diagram of: â Your pets might be great to love and cuddle with, but they can also be an unconventional and incredibly lucrative way of generating income. Donât take my word for it, though. Take Whitneyâs word. â
Old goats, new shenanigans Whitney used to live in NYC: sharing a cramped apartment with some roommates, riding the subway and paying too much for groceries. Not exactly Sex in the City. âI was always leaving town on the weekends to visit upstate New York,â she told us. âFinally, I just realized I enjoyed nature more than my tiny apartment.â After five years of city living, she had enough. So she did what any of us would do: quit her job, moved to Texas, and bought a ranch. Naturally. The ranch already had a few animals, including a pack of goats. â âI had no idea how to care for goats at first,â Whitney said. Over time, she realized she could share her love of the furry, bleating beasts while cleaning up a tidy profit. Thus [Goat Shenanigans]() was born. She started small, renting them out for parties. But that was just the beginning. Now, thereâs a whole menu of fun goat options: - $125 / Goat visit. 2 baby goats visit you for 30 mins
- $175 / Goat party. 2 baby goats visit you for an hour
- $350 / Private goat yoga. Includes the instructor and 2-3 baby goats that crawl up on you while you downward dog (goat?)
- $125 / Pajama party. 2 baby goats show up in pajamas (or any other outfit that fits them) for a 30 minute visit
- $175 an hour / Weddings. Forget your human best manâ¦baby goats can show up to your wedding for pictures or to be the ring bearer â âI easily make six figures in sales every year and itâs low overhead,â
Whitney told us. After overhead, Whitney is making about $100,000 a year from goat rentals alone. She also has plans to expand into goat landscaping (more on that in a bit). â
The GOAT business model With a look under the hood, you can see why this business works so well. #1: She owns the land. She doesnât have to worry about slicing her profits just to store the critters. #2: Easy(ish) upkeep. Whitney said it costs about $3,000 a year to take care of her goats. #3: Low overhead, big margins. Gas ainât cheap. The goatsâ commute runs about $25,000 a year. But thatâs the biggest expense. If I were her, Iâd do a few more things to juice it up even more: Double down on social media. The only thing thatâs going to get more likes than thirst traps are adorable animal pics and vids. Drop some merch. Slap everyoneâs favorite goat on a t-shirt, and youâve got a merch line better than whatever Kanye was doing at Adidas. Use your land. Whitney already has the land that sheâs keeping her goats on. Use it for goat-ed events like graduation parties, weddings and anniversaries. That can help her cut down on mileage and create an additional revenue source. Get the most out of your goats. She could also use them to make milk, cheese and yogurt. If she has the right kind of goat, they can also be clipped for their wool. â
5 wild ways to make money with animals Whitneyâs story sent us down a rabbit hole (get it?) about all the ways you can cashflow with animals. So if goats donât do it for you, maybe a few of these others will. If youâre a vegan PETA touting mferâ¦youâll like this list.
â #1: Goatscaping This is one of the hottest ways to get rid of grass, weeds, brush, poison ivy, whole gardens and backyardsâ¦pretty much anything that grows on the ground that you want gone.
Instead of hiring a landscaper or pushing a mower around for hours, goatscaping businesses come by with a pack of fuzzy goats to eat up everything that isnât nailed down (and sometimes that, too). Thatâs what Matthew Richmond and Mike Canady do with their business [Rent a Goat](). When the pair appeared on an episode of Shark Tank, they said that they used Rent a Goat to pull in more than $600,000 a year.
â #2: Host a tea party (with a teacup pig) Fun fact: Paris Hilton used to have a pet âmicro-pigâ that she thought would stay the same size foreverâ¦until it eventually grew up to be a 150-pound monster. â Take a page out of Parisâs playbook and get your own piglet. Unlike her, you can actually make money with it until it gets massive. Thatâs what Jessica and Steve Reedy do with [Animal Quest](. The couple charges $195 to spend an hour with their micro piglet Napoleon. After that, it goes down to $100 an hour. â #3: The Emperor's New Groove but make it a biz Alpacas spitâ¦cash. - Rent them out for parties and events
- Theyâre literally covered in alpaca woolâhighly sought after for cozy sweaters
- They like to get it on like crazyâand make tons more alpacas in the process This is exactly how Thomas and Connie Betts, the owners of Cascade Alpacas of Oregon, make their living. Their alpacas pull in $2,500/month or $30,000/year. Oh, and every time they have a baby alpaca, they have the option to sell it for $4,000. TL;DR? [I made a whole TikTok about it]( for all my Gen Z fans. â #4: The smaller the jackass, the better Who doesnât love a jackass? Mini donkeys can be rented out for events and pop-up petting zoos. Theyâre great for kids, who can ride them without you worrying theyâll be yeeted off of a full-grown horse. â[Forest View Farms]( near Chicago rents out their jackasses (I still giggle reading this word) for $160 for the first hour and $60 for every hour after. Seeing as they can run you anywhere between $500 and $1,000, you need to find just a few clients and youâre already recouping the principal. â #5: Winner, winner, chicken dinner A dozen eggs? Thatâll be a second mortgage on your house, thanks. The average American eats 245 eggs a year. In California, folks are shelling out (pun intended) nearly $8 for a dozen eggs. Thatâs more than $160 a year on eggs aloneâthree times the cost last year. Bottom line: Whoever has the eggs, has the money. â â[There is money to be had]( if you want to get the cluck in the chicken game. Here are 3 quick ways to do it: Become the egg king/queen. You can get started raising your own chickens for a little less than $400. With that, you are rolling in eggs. Sell them at farmers markets, to neighbors, in an online store, or start your own cottage business. Rent-a-Chicken. This one is cool. There are businesses out there, like [RentACoop](=) or [Rent The Chicken](, that let you rent chickens. They send you all you needâa coop, feed, directions and a few hens to startâfor between $250 and $500. After 1 to 6 months, you have the option to buy them. This also means that thereâs a market to rent out your own chickens once you scale it up. Up your TikTok game. Chicken TikTok is strangely popular. So much so that there are scores of influencers on there getting brand deals, sponsorships and building a following in the process. Inject a little nature into your income. After allâ¦my toxic trait, Iâve decided, is that I desperately want to domesticate a raccoon. Just me? â â
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