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[Gramma Chick]

Quote: I think Beer Can Means that it is a hobby ...to him
His interest is in the good to eat food not the cost of it .
That is the way I feel ..garden / eggs ..it cost me most in time ..
And I know it is good for me

 

[Gramma Chick]

Fruit Stickers have a secret code ....
Want to decipher them ?
How were they grown ?
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[Gramma Chick]

Hi Mittens4chickns ...Cute Name ...

 

[myfivegirls]

People actually make money doing this????? I'd have to sell my eggs at $6 a dozen for me to get eggs and just pay for feed. I'll never recoupe my start up expenses. Lol. I'm sure glad I love chickens.

I didn't "make money" as the "other expenses", really investments I've made over the past 8 years were not included. Also, due to the aviary netting supports bending, I have to buy materials to fix it in the spring. Just getting it doing could walk under it again cost few hundred, as we used 4x4 posts in post-ups vs 1/2" electrical conduit.

On another note, I never told you all what happened on Nov 20th when we had that "big" snowstorm. It had rained, so turned to ice on the aviary netting, causing the wet, heavy snow to cling to the aviary netting (2 inch holes) that I have over my chicken yard. It collapsed, so I couldn't access my chicken coops without removing the snow from the netting! I finally had time to write & upload photos of the "event" to my blog, if anyone is interested.

The netting on my 14'x50' run was fine all last winter, not this yr. Came down and ripped. Plan on moving the coop/run in the spring and put it back up. Hope the hawks leave them alone till then...

Hope the hawks leave them alone! I saw an eagle fly over the other day!
I was impressed that my netting only ripped in a few small places & it had 100s of lbs if weight on it with all that snow. It bend the electrical conduit b4 ripping, so I'd say it's pretty tough stuff. But it did stretch out, so where we didn't need supports before, now we do.
That was a few hundred $ investment well worth it - lasting over 2 yrs now.

 

I don't sell so I can't be in the red can I? :-D

Plenty of eggs and meat last yr, I do not want to know the cost per dzn eggs or lb of meat... Just try to be efficient as we can and cut cost when and where possible.

Same with the garden, might be able to buy some stuff cheaper if you include the work for sure, but we have plenty of it and know what's in it, no chemicals in our food.

in your case your "profit" would be what you saved in overall groceries. We saved on chicken meat but spent on feed so we took the amount spent on feed and subtracted it from the amount saved/earned on meat. Same theory with eggs, -cost of feed from savings and sells of eggs and you have your numbers.

I think Beer Can Means that it is a hobby ...to him
His interest is in the good to eat food not the cost of it .
That is the way I feel ..garden / eggs ..it cost me most in time ..
And I know it is good for me

Yes, that's why I call this a "hobby farm" - we enjoy fresh eggs & meat, hatch & raise our own layer replacements + the garden feeds both our family & the poultry. It's not about what it costs, but I do like to know for my own records.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

I think Beer Can Means that it is a hobby ...to him
His interest is in the good to eat food not the cost of it .
That is the way I feel ..garden / eggs ..it cost me most in time ..
And I know it is good for me

oh I know. That's why I do it as well. I'm just doing it bigger so I can afford to feed a few families who need help. I'm not trying to get rich I'm just can't afford to spend everything to feed people either. So I have some that buy and some that we donate to. It makes the circle complete, at least to us.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

I didn't "make money" as the "other expenses", really investments I've made over the past 8 years were not included. Also, due to the aviary netting supports bending, I have to buy materials to fix it in the spring. Just getting it doing could walk under it again cost few hundred, as we used 4x4 posts in post-ups vs 1/2" electrical conduit.

Hope the hawks leave them alone! I saw an eagle fly over the other day!
I was impressed that my netting only ripped in a few small places & it had 100s of lbs if weight on it with all that snow. It bend the electrical conduit b4 ripping, so I'd say it's pretty tough stuff. But it did stretch out, so where we didn't need supports before, now we do.
That was a few hundred $ investment well worth it - lasting over 2 yrs now.
Yes, that's why I call this a "hobby farm" - we enjoy fresh eggs & meat, hatch & raise our own layer replacements + the garden feeds both our family & the poultry. It's not about what it costs, but I do like to know for my own records.

Yeah that. It's not about the money just the records. Thank you.

 

[boskelli1571]

It seems one of my hens has started laying Christmas lights.....

 

[FishMtFarm]

It seems one of my hens has started laying Christmas lights.....:/

Lol, ok first try looks a little scary. Next one hopefully won't look so painful!

 

[Pyxis]

It seems one of my hens has started laying Christmas lights.....:/

Something in the egg factory went wrong on that one, lol! Is it a new layer?

 

[sccoterny]

Saw a ad on Craig's List, Mt Vision near Oneonta, small farm with many rare breeds, hatching eggs and chicks. They don't have a website and they are not on BYC.
Legbars, Rhodebars, BC Marans, Lemon Cuckoo Niederrheiners,
Gold and Lemon Frisian Gulls,
Swedish Flower Hens, Isbars,
Wheaten Sulmtalers,Partridge Brahmas, Peal Guinea Hens.
I inquired about their Rhodebars and they linked their pinterest pics. Looks like they have some nice birds, and they didn't mention them but I see they have a small flock of Svart Hona also.

Hey beer Can. I just picked up 6 pullets from this guy. His place is fantastic. Nice set up for hatching. I took some mix breeds from him. 3 Blacks, 1 red and 2 silver. Very healthy and active little birds. This guy was very knowledgeable.