Friend came and saw our two day old chicks, "aw cute." etc.........
Came back last weekend (so three weeks) "wow, they got big!"
Uh................ yeah. That happens.
True, maybe we can't even recoup the costs. (Not sure what the coop materials ran, afraid to ask.) Same thing with our garden. Did no one read "The Little Red Hen" growing up? :p
We have the opposite problem. Lots of relatives want free eggs (once ours start laying) and when I explain to them "once we sell enough to recoup the costs of everything" they look at me like I'm crazy.