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Hi! Total newbie, and I need help convincing hubs to let me get chickens. He is about 50/50 at this point. Looking forward to learning!
Lots of questions...
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Hi, I posted this on your other thread too:
We've had chickens and guineas for a year on Wednesday! Oh boy, have we come a long way in a year learning about chickens. It's definitely a learning process and BYC is a great place to be! I'll be honest, we rarely eat the eggs but we never get to the point where we are overwhelmed by them because there are a lot more things you'll need eggs for than just a scrambled egg breakfast. If you're doing any baking- eggs, meatloaf- eggs, so I think that's a good argument unless he dislikes eggs so much he won't even eat those things, then well I guess that point won't work well! The next great thing- people LOVE them. We give them away all the time if we go to visit anyone and people will even ask for them because they all say how much you can tell the difference of our fresh eggs versus the ones bought in the grocery store. (Did you know the ones you buy in the grocery store have already been sitting for about 100 days?! No wonder they don't taste as good as the ones you collect that morning!) Fresh eggs from the backyard taste so much better and they last for months, and they don't have to be refrigerated immediately either. It's great to give them away to neighbors, to co-workers, to the mailman, anyone and everyone. It's even better if you can charge just $2/dozen and not only is that so much cheaper than the grocery store, it also will help pay for the food you're giving to the chickens! I hope this helps you convince your husband another 25% at least
Please feel free to ask questions because I know a year ago I would have loved to have someone to go to for all my questions!
We've had chickens and guineas for a year on Wednesday! Oh boy, have we come a long way in a year learning about chickens. It's definitely a learning process and BYC is a great place to be! I'll be honest, we rarely eat the eggs but we never get to the point where we are overwhelmed by them because there are a lot more things you'll need eggs for than just a scrambled egg breakfast. If you're doing any baking- eggs, meatloaf- eggs, so I think that's a good argument unless he dislikes eggs so much he won't even eat those things, then well I guess that point won't work well! The next great thing- people LOVE them. We give them away all the time if we go to visit anyone and people will even ask for them because they all say how much you can tell the difference of our fresh eggs versus the ones bought in the grocery store. (Did you know the ones you buy in the grocery store have already been sitting for about 100 days?! No wonder they don't taste as good as the ones you collect that morning!) Fresh eggs from the backyard taste so much better and they last for months, and they don't have to be refrigerated immediately either. It's great to give them away to neighbors, to co-workers, to the mailman, anyone and everyone. It's even better if you can charge just $2/dozen and not only is that so much cheaper than the grocery store, it also will help pay for the food you're giving to the chickens! I hope this helps you convince your husband another 25% at least
Please feel free to ask questions because I know a year ago I would have loved to have someone to go to for all my questions!
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Welcome to BYC!!!
Glad to have you aboard!!
Greetings from Kansas and
! Great to have you with us! Tell your hubby what a great community of helpful folks you have to draw upon here at BYC! Remind him of the tasty frsh eggs!! He'll come around! Good luck to you!
Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us!
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Thank you for the kind welcomes and I look forward to learning!
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