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Last year, I paid the $2/chick at the feed store and then $6 on feed to get the first pullet to point of lay at 21 weeks. The laziest one out of the bunch cost me the same $2 but her share in the feed bill was nearly $9 by the time she kicked in with her share of rent & living expenses at 26...

The commercial outfits make their profit by having a bird that eats 110 grams of feed and produces a 60 gram egg, each day. 110 grams is about 1/4 pound If a 4 pound Leghorn eats 110 grams a day, it seems only right that an 8 pound Barred Rock should be allowed 220 grams of food each day. But...