cost of your birds

[Equus5O]

I want chickens just because I want chickens. I had planned on just giving the eggs away at work, as I do with my vegetables. But, I wouldn't mind recouping at least some of my chicken expenses. I'll just have to see how it goes.

I'm selling my eggs before I have chickens! LOL

 

[smom1976]

I like the answers of this post because when I tell people about my chickens.. they are like how expensive.. they look at the price of the organic free range eggs..

but I tell them no not really.. and this helps me tell them why..

 

[Mahlzeit]

I actually keep records of what I pay for feed and other chicken related materials vs. what I make for selling the eggs. I sell them for $4 a dozen and I am in the plus every year. Not many hobbies I know pay for themselves.

 

[happyhenslivehere]

I got chickens purely because I like having them, but when the eggs started piling up the fridge I decided to sell them. I make around $30 a month just by selling my surplus of eggs (that's with 9 hens) - that amount per month definitely adds up considering I spend maybe $20.00 in feed every month or two (my girls get lots of scraps and grass clippings) - They have since paid for themselves, and allowed me to purchase a few new hens and chicks just for grins and giggles. The only thing I regret is that my husband spent waaaaay too much building their coop. It's simple, and it's not huge, but it just had to match the garden shed dontcha know?

So if I can just forget that it will take many many months to pay off their mortgage (ha!) I continue to let myself think that they are a somewhat profitable and thoroughly enjoyable hobby!

There's something about fresh brown hormone free eggs that people just can't get enough of. I sell mine for 2.00 a dozen, which is much less than what they would pay for them in the store, and I love being able to do that!