I am thinking of maybe potentially getting chickens and was just curious how many chickens I would need if we wanted enough eggs for a 5 person family, with hopefully enough left over to give to neighbors and/or sell? Also how many eggs does a chicken produce daily/per week? I think I like/want mostly Plymouth Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds and maybe a few Plymouth White Rocks and most recently (like today and yesterday) I find the Buff Orpingtons to be cute. And maybe potentially may consider New Hampshire Red, but not as likely. So like how many chickens do we need for a 5 person family? Oh and no roosters please, so like how many laying hens would we need? And also we probably would only want a few, not a ton to keep as like backyard pets and egg layers. We also may/probably would want to raise them from chicks so what else do I/we need to know? We have a family of 5. It's me (15 yrs old), my older brother Ben (18 yrs old), my little brother Marcus (13 yrs old), my mom and my dad. I'm Kelsey and the only girl. We also have a 7 yr old neutered male cat named Mittens, a parakeet named Buffy (age unknown, male we think/know/are pretty sure!), a 2 year old male rabbit named Beanie, and some baby guppies (fish) in a fish tank. My friends guppies keep having babies so she gave me some of the older babies (like around 2 monthes old I/we think). They are all so cute and lovable! cant wait till we get chickens and horses and another dog and goats and llamas/alpacas, and more birds maybe some cockatiels, and maybe just a few more cats, and really have a whole farm/zoo! lol. then my parents would really go crazy lol! Mwaaa hahahahaha mwaaaa hahaha! lol. but luckily for them that probably wont happen although I may talk them into letting me get chickens and stuff but idk. with the chicken thing I think they are somewhat persuaded/maybe leaning towards it/thinking about it but still indecisive/i dont know yet/we dont have chickies yet but I'm hoping! thanks.
