How many hens for a 4 person household?/Potential oversupply??

[CraziChknLady]

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Ahhh makes sense. Never saw it abbreviated before. Thanks!

 

[Cloverfluff]

Depends on your egg intake. I would usually average one egg per hen - 1 per day, so my original 7 usually had an output of about 35-40 per week dependent on who was molting or broody at the time.

How many laying hens do you have, and how many eggs do you regularly collect?

I have 3 pullets but i'm considering getting more. We have 1 orpington and 2 sussex at the moment. I want to get Easter eggers too for more consistent egg laying, but I'm also interested in other breeds (as well as EE) because, well, they're pretty.

I'm concerned that I haven't looked into the ongoing costs of keeping chickens enough (although I know our current lot are covered), and maybe I don't even need more..?


How many hens would you recommend for my egg loving household? And will I be inundated with eggs if I have up to 8 hens? We go through about 1-1.5 dozen each week.

 

[Appalachickens]

I have 12 chickens, all different breeds, and some haven’t yet started laying. I’m averaging 7 a day, and know that will go up inthe spring. Right now it’s a good amount for me and my husband and also my son and his fiancée. With enough extra to occasionally give as gifts and to experiment with egg glassing them. I eat eggs pretty much daily now. This was today’s collection: