You only pay $xxx for a slaughter bird but charge $x,xxxx of dollars for breeders – why is that?
A. Skill, expertise, overhead and the cost of facilities. When we take a bird to slaughter our responsibilities are over. On the other hand, when we contract with you to join our farming programs, we are putting at your complete disposal years and years of experience. We provide you with videos, literature, reference material and an after sales service that is unparalleled in the industry. We continue to invest heavily in the latest equipment, employ very experienced management and farming personnel and we contract with you to purchase all your offspring. The birds we sell you are hand selected from our exclusive range of high-pedigree African Black domesticated ostriches that have a proven history of producing offspring which in turn are high producers themselves. This has been achieved with years of selective breeding and a careful attention to detail. Breeder birds and slaughter birds are not comparable. Q.