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You certainly aren't the only one in that general situation. I started out cold as well. No background, friends or acquaintances with chicken-raising knowledge. Did a lot of reading of books and on BYC before I dove in which definitely helped, but still bumbled a few things. Just read and...

We aren't laughing at all. We really want to help. You've stumbled, but have received good info and advice here. As noted above, if you goal is inexpensive food for your family, factory farms can produce cheaper than you can by using large scale production. However, if you want to produce...

That is very common. Just chicken behavior. I recommend you look at these videos for a couple of ideas on how to build low-waste feeders. These only work with dry feed, but they work well. Given the number of birds you have, you'll need to build 2 or more.

$17 is not unreasonable for a 40-50lb bag. One possible problem is waste. Chickens like to scatter their food when eating and pests might get in and eat some as well at night. What type of feeder are you using? Do you notice any significant amount of feed being scattered on the ground?