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    Rough monthly cost to feed standard Brahma hens

    Based on that, I would expect our chickens will be happy foraging. We have a very clean and fairly large creek on the property, which tends to draw a lot of insects. No other farm animals. Not sure how chickens are around water though, in the event they might wander into the creek. Greatly...
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    Rough monthly cost to feed standard Brahma hens

    Thank you for the feedback pdirt. You mentioned you have a large area in which the chickens can run. May I ask about how many chickens and how much acreage? We have 1 (partially wooded) acre and planning on 6-7 hens. I would hope that would provide plenty of forage area for that number of...
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    Rough monthly cost to feed standard Brahma hens

    Thank you Egghead Jr. That is very helpful. 50# bag of non-organic in central PA is $20; and is double for organic.
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    Rough monthly cost to feed standard Brahma hens

    We're running some numbers to budget for 6 standard Brahmas hens. I've seen several comments about Brahmas eating a lot. Wondering how that translates, financially. They will be free range during warmer weather, part of the day. (We live in Pennsylvania.) We plan to feed them table scraps...
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