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    Does it not balance out?

    I'm definitely in it for the self sustaining food source, off grid value. I do not love chickens, they were domesticated as a food source and simply that. I'd rather have a pet rock then a pet chicken lol. Generally the more powder like crumbles I will just put in a small child's swimming...
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    Does it not balance out?

    And I'm pretty sure the parasite problem is non existent here. They race very fast to the feed area and are not at all sickly. Simply lazy is more like it. If there is no available free easy food from the feeder on the ground they will race back to me in food expectancy rather then even scratch...
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    Does it not balance out?

    The coop is impenetrable, and far larger then what they require. I put alot of time into it. Once they are in they are safe. An auto door opens in the light hours of morning and then they go out into a 15×15 10 ft high fenced area with a gate, Once the gate opens they have free roam to...
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    Does it not balance out?

    I started out with the feeders in a fenced area around the coop that went off multiple times a day, but then they never left that area and the cost of feed was certainly not worth the egg return. I can happily eat 1 dozen a day and wasn't trying to sell any. They don't seem to roam outside a...
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    Does it not balance out?

    So I've been trying to do chickens for a few years now and it's been a losing process financially. The coop is basically in the woods, and constantly dealing with predators etc. But my real question is. Food. I gave a few auto feeders in a tree that sling food around, my hope was that by...
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