imcoryy
In the Brooder
- Jan 25, 2015
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hello!
i was thinking about raising 3 or 4 chickens, id have more eggs than i know what to do with. so i gave my dad a call since he has some previous experience. while talking to my dad he brought up the idea of selling eggs, so i started to think, 12 chickens. if a chicken lives for five years and they lay eggs after a year and i sell a dozen eggs for $3 thats $1,008 a year, provided i sell a dozen eggs a day. the cost of a coop would be about $100, each chicken is say $5 a bag of feed ever month is about $10 as well as wood chips to clean their pen is also about $10. thats 240 for the feed and bedding a year. so for the first year im looking at about $400 to get set up. so after the second year (remember they dont lay eggs the first year) id make $360, every year after that id make about $770. plus chicken keep bugs away from the house and their poop makes for a good fertilizer (which i would use to garden). free eggs, low maintenance birds and a profit? sounds good to me. if you raise chickens or have experience can you tell me how it is and confirm if it is like this?
also i was thinking about setting up a little coop in the back yard for them to run around in. i wouldnt get 12 right away id stick with two to see how it is. i was going to use some sort of protecting sealant to help keep the coop clean. my goal is to get my eggs for free and maybe make a little money on the side.
also, can i play with the chickens? ive never had experience with them so i dont know how friendly they are but id want to pet them. are they like owning a large bird? oh and sorry if the top paragraph is a little out of context, i posted that on another forum but it was no help, so im bringing my questions here.
thanks guys!
cory
i was thinking about raising 3 or 4 chickens, id have more eggs than i know what to do with. so i gave my dad a call since he has some previous experience. while talking to my dad he brought up the idea of selling eggs, so i started to think, 12 chickens. if a chicken lives for five years and they lay eggs after a year and i sell a dozen eggs for $3 thats $1,008 a year, provided i sell a dozen eggs a day. the cost of a coop would be about $100, each chicken is say $5 a bag of feed ever month is about $10 as well as wood chips to clean their pen is also about $10. thats 240 for the feed and bedding a year. so for the first year im looking at about $400 to get set up. so after the second year (remember they dont lay eggs the first year) id make $360, every year after that id make about $770. plus chicken keep bugs away from the house and their poop makes for a good fertilizer (which i would use to garden). free eggs, low maintenance birds and a profit? sounds good to me. if you raise chickens or have experience can you tell me how it is and confirm if it is like this?
also i was thinking about setting up a little coop in the back yard for them to run around in. i wouldnt get 12 right away id stick with two to see how it is. i was going to use some sort of protecting sealant to help keep the coop clean. my goal is to get my eggs for free and maybe make a little money on the side.
also, can i play with the chickens? ive never had experience with them so i dont know how friendly they are but id want to pet them. are they like owning a large bird? oh and sorry if the top paragraph is a little out of context, i posted that on another forum but it was no help, so im bringing my questions here.
thanks guys!
cory