Who would have known?!! LOL

[GSDBESTK9]

I LOVE my chickens!! I'm new to chickens and started with 6 Red Sex Links back in April, now I have 12, I added 6 Barred Rocks. I'm so loving my chickens!

We just started building their run and can't wait to have it finished.
I love how curious they are LOL, yesterday I was filling up one of the feeders and they flew up on the top perch just so they could see what I was doing.

That is the first time I have seen them on that top perch as it is still pretty high for them.

My husband can't believe we have already spent about $1000 in the chickens (coop and run building material).

But I don't regret it one bit.

 

[Sarahej]

I love our chickens too! We have 3 and they all have such distinct personalities and skills! Just like us.

 

[kmatt87]

my hubby was annoyed at how much we've spent on stuff. lol. i keep telling him that if its built well then we will be spending hardly anything on chickens when we get more next yr

 

[BeulahBreezes]

LOL @ the associated $costs$ of starting up this chicken raising thing!! I am new to chicken-ing and am loving it!

We have spent just under $1000 too.....a little $ here, a lot of $$ there......lol! We have 4 chickens......and yes, each one has their own personality! So fun to just sit and watch them at dusk when I let them free- range until sunset! (Chick-TV is hilarious!)

 

[GSDBESTK9]

Yep! I don't think either hubby or I really thought about the cost up front.

But I don't care, I would do it all over again.

 

[Apyl]

Holy cow, you guy must be going deluxe.

With originally purchasing 30 chicks and 9 ducks I'm only in approx $275 not counting feed. Feed to date is about $65 for 11 weeks so far. The coop was built from all recycled materials an cost $4 for latches.

 

[TheLoveShack]

We love our chickens too. My husband designs shirts at a shirt company and said he's going to design me a chicken lady shirt because I just have so much fun with them. We have 25 (used to be 26, but one broke his leg and started getting very violent and had to be put down). Between chicken buying, feed, feeders, and coop production we are in just about $500, but we didn't have to buy any lumber at all.

 

[kmatt87]

Holy cow, you guy must be going deluxe.

With originally purchasing 30 chicks and 9 ducks I'm only in approx $275 not counting feed. Feed to date is about $65 for 11 weeks so far. The coop was built from all recycled materials an cost $4 for latches.

hubby works 80+ hrs a wk right now so he didn't have time to build anything

oh well. i think it would have been fairly cheap if he had been able to. we have most of the materials around i'm sure

 

[Apyl]

hubby works 80+ hrs a wk right now so he didn't have time to build anything

oh well. i think it would have been fairly cheap if he had been able to. we have most of the materials around i'm sure

Ugh thats gotta stink working that many hours. Mine does 50 and I thought that was bad. Its not hard to build a coop, I built ours with the help of my 5yo DS. It's just a simple A frame with a 10'x10' foundation.

 

[aoxa]

I spent $150 on the brooder alone

I keep track of all my costs. I plan to write things off (I am an accountant) and I have the intent to earn income from breeding. The start up costs are really high.

I spend $15 for feed every week. I just want to break even or even have a little money in the bank from them. I still would be doing it if I didn't earn anything though. Their personalities have me head over heels!