Building a small den to hold 2 to 4 chickens is cheaper in the long run.
For the city: Renting a parking spot and turning an old junker into a chicken den is also probably cheaper. Just make sure to secure it against egg thiefs.
Depends what land you have, if you are more reliant on feed then you will be at the mercy of feed prices which can vary. If you have enough secured land then it can be practically free. Also Coyotes are assholes.
Just to make it clear, the second part was a joke.
About the other, relatives actually got 6 chickens. The main investment is time and land, and occasionally a trip to the vet. Given the US prices… if you eat eggs regularly and don’t want to miss it then I’d assume it’s cheaper, would have to ask for a details myself though (they jokingly said once they would save a ton in the US right now). It heavily depends on outside factors though (less land, dangers = more expensive).
My wife grew up on a farm and her description of how nasty cleaning out the chicken coup is is enough to put me off ever considering keeping any kind of birds
Building a small den to hold 2 to 4 chickens is cheaper in the long run.
For the city: Renting a parking spot and turning an old junker into a chicken den is also probably cheaper. Just make sure to secure it against egg thiefs.
Not eating eggs is cheapest.
Your time is valuable too. You should be factoring in the amount of additional work required to upkeep.
Yes those chickens will surely thrive in their den inside my den…
Actually they’d probably do a lot better than the chickens in the industrial farms.
Is it? Speaking from experience? I’ve heard it both ways and trying to get a better idea of how it works out financially.
Depends what land you have, if you are more reliant on feed then you will be at the mercy of feed prices which can vary. If you have enough secured land then it can be practically free. Also Coyotes are assholes.
Just to make it clear, the second part was a joke.
About the other, relatives actually got 6 chickens. The main investment is time and land, and occasionally a trip to the vet. Given the US prices… if you eat eggs regularly and don’t want to miss it then I’d assume it’s cheaper, would have to ask for a details myself though (they jokingly said once they would save a ton in the US right now). It heavily depends on outside factors though (less land, dangers = more expensive).
My wife grew up on a farm and her description of how nasty cleaning out the chicken coup is is enough to put me off ever considering keeping any kind of birds
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