Let's talk Chicken.. The pets, not the food..

[ID Bronco]

Mostly just the rooster beating up the hens

Kill the rooster and life is good. Turn your kids loose with a bow and problem solved. Seriously unless you free range them and need a rooster to do guard dog duty, I'd get rid of him.

 

[jeeper]

Kill the rooster and life is good. Turn your kids loose with a bow and problem solved. Seriously unless you free range them and need a rooster to do guard dog duty, I'd get rid of him.

He’ll be gone shortly.

 

[shortstraw8]

Yeah dump the rooster, fertilized eggs are nasty (imo) but they do increase egg productivity. Jersey giant for a flock protector

 

[jeeper]

Our $2500 egg.

 

[nnnnnate]

How did it taste?

 

[jeeper]

How did it taste?

Can't eat it.. it literally costs as much as gold per gram.

 

[N-Smooth]

Something like this is needed...

 

[jeeper]

17 days of 1 egg per day, all from the same chicken. That brings each egg down to about $150 each. Little eggs though.
On some days I don't eat the egg, and then eat 2 the next day. That really makes me feel like a baller...

Rooster went bye bye today to a little farm in Provo (hopefully FBI free). One daughter has been crying ever since.

But I'm glad. I think he was the main culprit in the destruction around here.

 

[jeeper]

Got our biggest score today.




Down to about $50/egg.

 

[nnnnnate]

Yeah but how do they taste? Do you even let your kids eat them?

 

[jeeper]

Taste like eggs. I eat 2/day. Kids eat some. Usually not enough to keep the fridge full, but currently have a handful in there.

 

[ID Bronco]

Taste like eggs. I eat 2/day. Kids eat some. Usually not enough to keep the fridge full, but currently have a handful in there.

Same here, I can't tell the difference in taste at all. My mother in law is adamant that they taste so much better.

 

[Herzog]

I'm one of the ones that can taste the different... it's not a big difference just subtle. I think the rest is psychological. Love fresh eggs.

 

[Herzog]

Well, this thread cursed me. I was doing good, we inherited some chickens and a cheap shanty of a coop and my costs has been super low until today... Amy had been pestering me to build one so when this thing came up for what it nearly would cost me to make one I had to jump on it. Some teenagers out of Idaho Falls are making these and they are well built!

 

[jeeper]

We are averaging 5 eggs a day currently. Kids say its all from 4 chickens, the other 5 chickens and 3 ducks give nothing. Seems very political to me.

One thing for sure, fresh eggs are significantly thicker in the shell than store eggs. The inner membrane on some require a knife to get through.

 

[glockman]

Well, this thread cursed me. I was doing good, we inherited some chickens and a cheap shanty of a coop and my costs has been super low until today... Amy had been pestering me to build one so when this thing came up for what it nearly would cost me to make one I had to jump on it. Some teenagers out of Idaho Falls are making these and they are well built!

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That's a nice looking coup. The return on investment for chicken coups has been good at my house. Not in eggs but in seggs.

 

[mbryson]

That's a nice looking coup. The return on investment for chicken coups has been good at my house. Not in eggs but in seggs.

Can't go wrong in that arena if there is more of that

 

[jeeper]

Biggest daily score yet. 8 eggs.

 

[Gravy]

Even chickens love motorcycles.

 

[jeeper]

One of our chickens has figured out the doggie door. That’s frustrating.

If you forget all the start up costs, we are averaging $3.20/dozen for eggs… plus all the daily labor..