Just though I would throw in my two cents.
1) Start up cost is HIGH. For me anyway. Mostly the coop. But there are ways to prevent spending too much and I should have done that looking back like people giving away sheds and other stuff. Overall though cost to build was about $300. It was all new stuff though from Home D. But the city permit was only $15.
2) Chicks are cute, simply put and cheap.
3) Eggs. Lots of them.
4) Closer to nature, understanding more about your own food. As Spencer would say less homogienaity means for a better society.
5) Again, a lot of stuff you would want you can get for free! I can't stress this enough as I am just learning it from not to long ago. I got 6 large bails of straw for free left over from some concert. I havent even used one yet.
6) compost for your garden
7) THEY WEED THE WHOLE YARD!! Seriously though, I hate weeding and dumping poison on the grass.
1) Start up cost is HIGH. For me anyway. Mostly the coop. But there are ways to prevent spending too much and I should have done that looking back like people giving away sheds and other stuff. Overall though cost to build was about $300. It was all new stuff though from Home D. But the city permit was only $15.
2) Chicks are cute, simply put and cheap.
3) Eggs. Lots of them.
4) Closer to nature, understanding more about your own food. As Spencer would say less homogienaity means for a better society.
5) Again, a lot of stuff you would want you can get for free! I can't stress this enough as I am just learning it from not to long ago. I got 6 large bails of straw for free left over from some concert. I havent even used one yet.
6) compost for your garden
7) THEY WEED THE WHOLE YARD!! Seriously though, I hate weeding and dumping poison on the grass.