They aren't worth it. You can buy 12 doze, to 18 eggs in the store, for 1.25-2 dollars... at walmart or HEB. So the farmers around here, they don't do *anything* fancy with their chickens. No fancy living quarters, no fancy food. they probably break even barely, to feed part of them, and that's about it.
We consider having animals here a "hobby" expense. we definitely aren't going to make money as a small farm. Fences, gardening materials, tractors, hay, all of that adds up to more then you can make as a small time operation most of the time.
We consider having animals here a "hobby" expense. we definitely aren't going to make money as a small farm. Fences, gardening materials, tractors, hay, all of that adds up to more then you can make as a small time operation most of the time.