Just do some light figuring............3-4 pounds of feed per day (adult deer) the time you spend tending them (~$25/hr) divided by the number of deer you are boarding and you have a number. Typically boarding fees for adult deer range from $3 to $5 per day. Fawns are a little different and if you bottle raise one from the time it is pulled to weaning, the going rate for this service is $700 to $1000 per head, depending on whether you provide the milk or not. Robbie...........do these numbers seem right to you?
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Back a few years ago, we charged $1.25 day, but had a contract that required everything to be paid 6 months in advance. If not, the deer were ours to do with as we saw fit. We also wove in a charge of $40 a handling (most often we waived this but it was a protection in case a boarder required us to treat and treat and treat and treat what we would consider a hopeless case). This was due to experience when we found ourselves suddenly handling a boarders deer 4 times a day every day for weeks- with very little time for our own animals. Plus, if the boarded animal was a health risk to the rest of the herd, it allowed a way out.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
Scott,
I think that you will have people raising their boarding rates. Seems a little high to me. I know feed prices are up but, many producers would go into the boarding business for $800 to $1300 above feed per year.
Ray
I think that you will have people raising their boarding rates. Seems a little high to me. I know feed prices are up but, many producers would go into the boarding business for $800 to $1300 above feed per year.
Ray
Reed, I'm thinking he has a home in Missouri for a long time. He would die of heat stroke down your way.lol