Hmmm - If I remember correctly on how often I seem to buy feed - I tend to buy 150lbs every 5-6weeks. Plus one 50 lb bag of scratch.
Approimately $7 per week cost wise.
I get approximately 10-12 eggs per day - (my silkie bantams don't really count - little eggs about 3x per week if they're not broody, and they're broody almost all the time soooo .... )
OK - so that is an average of 77 eggs per week. Or about 6 dozen per week. So $7 for 6 dozen eggs isn't too bad cost wise - if I could only find a farm market to sell them at ! That is a cost of just a bit over $1 per dozen for cost of goods. I tend to ask $2 per dozen. Not a bad profit margin.
anyway ....
So that is about 25lbs per week of pellets for 15 laying hens (well, 12 plus three bantams). They are a mix of breeds.
So I guess that equals out to roughly 3.5 - 4 lbs per day or about .25 lbs per bird per day.
But they do free range as often as I can - normally for about 2-3 hours per day. I also supplement with left over hard boiled eggs, kitchen goodies, scratch, and anything else I may have on hand left over that they'll eat (which is pretty much everything).
