Good Amount of eggs per bird and feed?

[hcammack]

I have 11 hens all under 8 months old and half have been laying for two months and the other half have been at it for about 1 month. I am getting 9 eggs daily from 11 hens and they eat about 2 pounds of feed daily they do forage allot and are pretty fat ladies

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I am charging $3 a half a dozen for eggs

I love my neighborhood and all the snoody people living around here just wish I could get 30 hens and make allot of $

but for now its just for fun

So will I make out alright?
And how is my feed to egg ratio compared to yours?

thanks,
Henry

 

[Wolf-Kim]

It depends on your type of feed and how much you pay per pound of feed. Add up the cost of feed for a month or week and then compare it to the amount of money you make on your eggs for the same time period. You should still be getting 3 more eggs a day, with 11 young hens they should all be giving an egg a day(unless you have an ornamental non-laying breed).

-Kim

 

[hcammack]

oh these are all kinda nutty breeds. The leghorns, delawares, favorrolles, EE, and amerucanas lay daily

and the stupid marans either one is laying the other is not or they lay every other day

 

[Wolf-Kim]

They are young, give them some time. You probably only have one Maran laying and the others haven't started yet. The leghorns are excellent for their feed conversion rate.

-Kim

 

[hcammack]

thanks this one might be wierd of somthing she is part of the older group and they all started laying 2 months ago so IDK maybe she is some sorta transexual chicken she is big and lighter colored. HMMMMMMMM but I could have sworn I got two marans eggs in one day so maybe she started and somthing happened and she stoped I guess we will see you are right I guess I just have to give it time.

Thanks,
Henry

 

[ravenfeathers]

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holy...! *faints*

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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holy...! *faints*

Oh! I missed the "half a dozen" part!! You should be just fine in feeding your flock without running into the negatives. LOL People around here would think I was really a "crazy" chicken lady charging $6 a dozen. Good for you!!

-Kim

 

[aliena614]

No Crap!!! $0.50 an egg! can i ship mine for you to sell for me? give me $4 you keep $2 jk
thats awesome!

 

[silkiechicken]

Sounds good to me! I bet you've got your age and youthful vigor on your side to get those eggs sold too.

They sold faster than hot cakes when I was your age and people were ALOT less critical than they are now since I'm an adult.

Happy marketing!

 

[hcammack]

People think i am a crazy chicken guy but I am in the suburbs and what is better then knowing exactly where your food comes from I was charging $2.50 for 1/2 dozen but people said it was to cheap