Re: Looking for hen help

diddy wrote:

>
> Chickens are REALLY messy. I think you will be surprised at the
> amount of cleanup factor. I know I was!

I don't agree with that at all
A well managed house will need cleaning out - yes but they are not messy at
all
Bedding is definately a cost you have to consider but then it does make a
great activator for the compost heap

You also will discover it's
> MUCH cheaper to buy eggs than to feed a high value laying mash.
> Chickens eat an amazing amount of food. Right now, I'm feeding $6 of
> food for every $1 worth of eggs I'm getting.

Crumbs -- that is expensive feeding
A productive type chicken eats around 110 - 125 grammes per day
so a 20 kg bag lasts 166 days per bird
A bag should cost you around $15 -- is that right?
so that is less than 10 cents a day

>
> But chickens are VERY entertaining. Work intensive, and it gives me
> pleasure to know that my eggs came from chickens with feathers, and
> know what it means to have feet in the dirt.
> And when a young pullet walks up, and lays her first egg at your
> feet, and expects you to know what to do about it, it's a victorious
> moment. And from that moment on, what used to be "just an egg"
> becomes a treasured miracle every time you go to the nest and find
> those wondrous little orbs.

yup -- they are definately great characters


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