Is it monetarily worth raising chickens for eggs?

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I had 21 pullets over winter, I did the math on feed costs and without start up, I was averaging $1.25 a day on feed (local mill) and was getting 18 eggs a day. I sold eggs at $2.50 a dozen, so I was making a profit, and had all the eggs we could eat. I currently have 19 -1 year old hens, and 6 pullets who haven't started laying yet, once they do I will do another cost analysis, but I have upped my egg price to $3 a dozen, as that is grocery store price, why should I get less money for better quality eggs.
 
If you have plenty of grass and bugs to eat around the yard this is where you will save a lot on the feed bill and yes it can work out much better as the egg's are much better for you and you have a better idea what is going into your egg's .....
 
tradosaurus said:
I'm new here. I am interested in raising chickens for the eggs as we go through about 3 dozen eggs a week.

I can build a coop fairly in expensively using existing pallets but considering the cost of chicken feed will I save money by having chickens?

I'm looking at starting with 6 chickens.

And yes I did a search but this site is so big I didn't want to have spend all day sifting through posts.
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As Fred's Hens says, "It's better to raise them for enjoyment, hobby, fun and a sense of doing something worthwhile." Strictly looking at it from a monetary perspective (without laying out loads of statistics and figures which you can research on your own if you want to put the internet time into it), you can save money if you can free range your chickens with minimal predator loss. If you have them in runs and have to provide all or most of their feed through commercial feeds, about the best you can do is break even. If you lose many to predators in free ranging them, it would be cheaper just to buy eggs.
 

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