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I'm a bit of a nerd, but I charted the average cost of chicken ownership as measured in dollars per dozen eggs over a two year period. I started my flock in March of 2011 and started getting eggs from the 6 birds in September 2011. I spent about $400 on the coop and covered run, but for the...

One of my hens (Silver-Laced Wyandotte, 20 weeks) started laying before I had the nest boxes complete. I found a little pile of eggs in the corner of their coop. I finished the egg boxes and hoped thats he would change her mind about laying out in the open. Nope. For the next few days she...

My wife and I picked up 3 Silver-Laced Wyandottes, 1 Salmon Faverolle, 1 Buff Orpington, and 1 Ameraucana that looks like a falcon. Built my own coop, and the chickens are happy in their new home. They're about 10 weeks old and have been outside for around 2 weeks now.