Re: egg prices

"Nancy Young" <rjynly@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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"Nancy2" <nancy-dooley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

There apparently are lots of people raising chickens in
urban areas where they don't exactly make good neighbors,
although the owners say they make great pets. LOL. I
think they're trying to save money on eggs, myself.

Just curious, are they bad neighbors even if you don't
have a rooster? I don't remember them being annoying when
I spent time on a farm, but then farms aren't odor free.

confined chickens, or chickens kept in too small an area do
smell pretty awful. i have 20 hens & 6 roosters. they don't
smell bad because they free range over 3 acres (they only seem
to travel over that much. i rarely see them in the pastures,
only the lawn & gardens).
as for saving money having a few hens, that won't happen.
feed is going up because of the cost of grain rising due to
the ethanol subsidy. 2 or three backyard hens will maybe give
16 or so eggs per week in the summer, but that'll drop to
around 3 per week in the winter. production hens stop laying
after 2 years.
egg layer pellets have gone up $4 per 50 pounds & scratch
(which is mostly corn) has doubled in price since last summer.
lee
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