Hobby to business

When did you find your 'hobby' of birds, became a business? Or do you still keep it a hobby?

When you have more birds than pens, when you need to buy more incubators, when you work full time at your "hobby" then it kind of becomes your business....

When it turns from 5 chickens running around the yard, to over 5000 Geese, Ducks, Swans, Cranes, Peafowl, Pheasants, Chickens, Quail, Pigeons, Partridge, Doves, Guineas and Turkeys....then I'd say its changed lol . And to think - Im getting out of birds :S haha. I just ventured into the world of Cranes - Just purchased some East African Crowned Cranes - google them. Who wants on the waiting list? hha

ooops, I forgot .... Goats, Sheep, Miniature Horses, Mules, Donkeys, Pigs, Rabbits.... and NOOO im not thinking about buying a pair of Wallabies

I would say..its a hobby when you get to please yourself and a business when you have to please others!!!!

A business when you are trying to make a profit or at least break even. Hobby when your just having fun. I'd classify myself between the two because I am sure not making a profit lol.

And sometimes you need to run a business in order to support your hobby!!

Oh, oh. I feel a business coming on. I've already started selling my eggs cause I have too many.

I like that Miry about pleasing yourself or pleasing others.
I think we all started out as a hobby, then started selling things to pay for our hobby, and then our hobby grew to support the demand and before long you have become a business.
Chickory I started out with a small flock of rescued hens, sold some eggs because I had too many, had to buy more birds because I had too many orders for eggs, started feeling the hot and cold market of eating eggs so started to hatch some chicks from the extra eggs, got so much demand for different chicks bought more birds, started getting demand for more chicks so bought a larger bator, now my hobby has become my business...