Why my eggs taste better then everyone elses!

[Ladyhawke1]

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I whole-heartedly agree. Every day they pay for themselves by making me laugh.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

shall I warn you of next years expenses . . .
incubator 130.00
unheard of electricity
eggs [email protected] = 3 chicks
[email protected] = 6 chicks
[email protected] = 2 chicks
1doz@(sigh auction)110.00 = 1 chick
heat lamp 19.95
brooder box 10.00
chick starter 13.00
chick feeder 7.00
chick waterer 9.00
countless hours staring at incubator
countless hours washing "pasty" butts
chick grower . . .
= worlds most expensive chicks!

 

[killions123]

I know what you mean I am over $2000 already and just started in May. But I cant put a price tag on how relaxed those little buggers make me feel. I love em!!!

 

[sotelomary]

Yes, chickens are more expensive than I thought. My coop alone cost about $550. Thought I was done and then spent another $6o putting in a skylight! Can you believe it! Looked for free materials but couldn't find any.

My organic feed is $38 a 50lb bag. Hubby is always with me when I go to the feed store and I usually walk out spending almost $100. I try to keep a low profile because he is starting to give me that "look"!

I just keep reminding him that if we had a dog it would cost us that much and we wouldn't be getting anything from it. At least we have gotten 1 egg so far. Don't want to do the math, but hubby says that's our million dollar egg!

I thing we chicken people are crazy!

Mary

 

[racuda]

Everybody here thinks that the reason I have chickens is to save money on eggs!

 

[DonnaBelle]

Chickens sooth my soul, few things do these days.

Worth every penny.

DonnaBelle

 

[b.hromada]

Too funny!

but how true.

 

[happi752]

WOW!!!! No way would I ever have that kind of money to invest in chickens, or any thing else for that matter.

I purchased my first chickens (26) of them for 75 dollars.
I built 2 runs one for the girls and one for the boys.
The lumber cost me a total of $40.00
The fencing cost me all of $35.00
The poultry netting and shade cloth was free from someone else(recycled to my home).
The water and feed containers cost me $30.00.

I have a total of 180 dollars invested in the chickens and their home. I use 2 dozen eggs a week and eggs are almost 5 dollars a dozen in the store so I will realize my savings on eggs in 36 weeks.

I spend $15.00 a week on feed and water for them. I sell all my excess eggs for $1.50 a dozen so I break even every week on the cost of the feed.

At this rate, I break even. I am disabled and my chickens are my only source of income outside of social security disability. So I breed them and sell the fertile eggs, here, E-bay and craigslist to pay my bills with. Thank goodness for kind folks that love my eggs or I would be up a creek without a paddle.

I also hatch out and sell chicks, and those that don't sell, go into the freezer.

Most here raise chickens as an addictive hobby. But there are a few of us who actually raise them as their livelyhood. And you can have them either way, just love them, but for goodness sakes don't go broke for them.

 

[redstars]

Ya...I probably spent $2000.00 getting in to chickens.... But look who's getting all those free eggs now!!
HA! NO EGGS FOR YOU!!!