Anyone else think they might have a problem?

[BlueO]

Currently:

- I'm gathering parts to build a large DIY incubator for outside.

- I'm selling 12 chickens today to get numbers down enough to fit the two coops and two brooders.

- I'm excitedly looking forward to expensive eggs in a couple months but wondering how I will schedule my home hatches around them.

"Everyone needs a hobby"
... just look how expensive it is to have hobbies like cars, boats, traveling, scuba diving, advanced children's athletics, etc. Really, we're saving money over those hobbies, and we can help provide sustenance in the process...

Exactly! At least they give you eggs! And I actually make good money selling ducklings ducks and eggs, if you just try not to think about the cost of the coop, feed, straw, or the birds themselves then it almost seems like you’re making money!

 

[BlueO]

I'm probably saving money on therapy bills, but definitely not profiting at all . . . unless you count all the deserts I make at home since I need something to do with all the eggs

My ducks are the reason I need therapy! Jk, but I bake A LOT to use up all the eggs. I love making angel cakes because they require like a dozen egg whites. The yolks I just feed to the dogs.

 

[2ndTink]

I'm probably saving money on therapy bills, but definitely not profiting at all . . . unless you count all the deserts I make at home since I need something to do with all the eggs

This is a major profit! I've been slacking, but, when I'm making extra desserts and keep hard boiled eggs around the hubby is always a bit happier.

Happy hubby = happily unaware of the current flock size hubby

 

[2ndTink]

My ducks are the reason I need therapy! Jk, but I bake A LOT to use up all the eggs. I love making angel cakes because they require like a dozen egg whites. The yolks I just feed to the dogs.

I never thought of making an angel food cake! This is a great idea. I like making homemade pudding, you can use a dozen yolks really easy that way, but all those egg whites

I don't have an angel food cake pan though, can you make it in a 9x13? My grandma used to make them pretty frequently but she always did them very properly, she'd be abhorred if she heard me ask about a 9x13

 

[BantyChooks]

If you make it stateside, we will fix that no chicken issue

I’ll be back on the right continent soon, but wrong side of the border.

 

[2ndTink]

I’ll be back on the right continent soon, but wrong side of the border.

So close... yet not close enough. Ok, maybe another time

 

[Appalachickens]

I’m learning to provide minimal information to my husband about my ever-enlarging plans for raising more chickens because he definitely thinks its a problem. On the other hand, with each addition he reluctantly admits he loves them. But in my view its no different than any other hobby you can feel passionate about. And it sure beats collecting beanie babies or labubus.

 

[redinator]

For me the incubators aren't the things that take up a bunch of space. It's all the accessories that come with raising chicks. I have bins . . very large bins . . . all over the house with brooder plates, chicks perches, feeders, waterers, toys, supplements/vitamins . . . and on and on . . .

Then for the older chickens there's the bins of treats, feed, nesting pads, and piles and piles of wood I plan to turn into perches (someday, lol) hardware cloth and bird netting (that I know I'll need . . . .someday)

In short my yard use to be neat and organized, now . . .not so much. But there are plenty of beautiful chickens running around