HATCHING A PLAN
When high school senior Ryan Kelsey has nothing to do, he just goes to the henhouse and “talks” with his chickens. Lots of them. At age 12, Ryan started Valley Farms Hatchery in Spring Valley, Alabama. In 2012, he built his first hatchery, and now hatches between 300 and 500 eggs per week.
“From an early age, our son was fascinated by chickens,” says his mother, Kim Kelsey. “Our family had always had a few chickens on our country place. When he was about 12 years old, he wanted to start his own business. His father and I
