Well this is my costs.
Coop = $4 for latches, all other material was recycled from a fallen building
Fence = $70 for 150 feet
8 posts = @ $3 each , so $24
50 lb bag of feed = $8 (I'm still not out and its been almost a month)
25 + 8 day old chicks from two different hatcheries = $80
Brooder = Free we repurposed an old guinea pig cage
Bedding for brooder ( I used sand) = $1.75
Paper towels for brooder for first few days = $1 for a 3 pack
waterer and feeder = free I made my own out of recycled containers
Heat lamp and bulbs = $15
total start up costs = $203.75
I will be keeping all girls and 2 boys, all the rest of the boys will be butchered. Any future babies --- boys will be butchered, girls sold to help make back any costs of raising the chickens.
Coop = $4 for latches, all other material was recycled from a fallen building
Fence = $70 for 150 feet
8 posts = @ $3 each , so $24
50 lb bag of feed = $8 (I'm still not out and its been almost a month)
25 + 8 day old chicks from two different hatcheries = $80
Brooder = Free we repurposed an old guinea pig cage
Bedding for brooder ( I used sand) = $1.75
Paper towels for brooder for first few days = $1 for a 3 pack
waterer and feeder = free I made my own out of recycled containers
Heat lamp and bulbs = $15
total start up costs = $203.75
I will be keeping all girls and 2 boys, all the rest of the boys will be butchered. Any future babies --- boys will be butchered, girls sold to help make back any costs of raising the chickens.