I Lost Everything, Now I Make $250k/year Selling Chickens.

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:35:51 +0000

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Farm life wasn’t what Jack Middleton thought he’d be doing. He grew up in London, focused on tennis, came to the U.S. for college, and, like a lot of people, had to rethink everything when life didn’t go as planned.

What started as helping a family on 20 acres in North Carolina became a chance to build something real. With no perfect roadmap, Jack and his family started small, made mistakes, adjusted, and kept showing up every day.

Now they raise thousands of pasture-raised chickens, hundreds of laying hens, and a growing herd of cows, selling directly to families who care about where their food comes from. It’s not easy work. It’s early mornings, long days, bad weather, and repeating the same tasks whether you feel like it or not.

In this episode, Jack talks honestly about the reality of farming, and how learning sales, social media, and sharing their story helped the farm grow from a small idea into real income. It all started with taking a chance, figuring things out as he went, and staying consistent even when the work got tough.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Start
00:47 - From pro tennis to farming?!
01:58 - In the family for over a century
02:21 - Today’s agenda
03:03 - Dog boarding turned chick housing
04:00 - Sourcing chicks
05:02 - Dealing with mortality
06:49 - Running only on “you and your muscles”
08:34 - Mobile chicken coop
10:37 - The hot box disaster
11:45 - Meet the farm’s pride and joy
13:08 - All about the coop
14:22 - Paul’s moving the coop?!
15:20 - Regenerative farming explained
15:57 - Feeding time!
16:41 - How many eggs do hens really lay?
17:48 - Unexpected security
18:29 - The egg showdown
19:43 - Mama chicken ain’t happy
20:42 - DTC vs B2B
21:58 - Ruby and Opal
22:54 - Not exactly a cash cow
24:27 - Let’s talk numbers!
27:22 - Marketing tactics
27:48 - The cost of being a farmer
28:19 - Fan blitz
29:23 - Reality behind processing chickens
31:23 - So… what happens to all the meat?
33:08 - From coop to carton
34:14 - Where the magic happens
36:01 - That leap of faith is worth it
36:58 - Outro