bdevine8 t1_j2wp8f5 wrote
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cheapest eggs at Shaws last week were 5.50 a dozen
bobcat1911 t1_j2wpm76 wrote
Considering how much feed you need to produce a dozen eggs, it's cheaper to just buy them from a store.
bdevine8 t1_j2wptou wrote
how much feed is needed for one dozen eggs? Used to have chickens, remember feeding them mostly compost
meinblown t1_j2wx14j wrote
So I have over 2 dozen laying chickens and it costs me about $100 bucks a month to feed and bed them. And midsummer I am getting 2 dozen eggs a day. So you do the math. I don't sell the eggs, but it is pretty easy to "break even" once you have everything you need for them.
whys0brave t1_j2wyr1l wrote
What are toy doing with the eggs? Freezing them for winter? Mine just started laying this month and I wasn't expecting much until spring but I'm getting eggs daily with only 5 hens in January!
meinblown t1_j2wz8ol wrote
We use them or give them away to friends and family. Our flock pretty much stops laying once the days get too short.
whys0brave t1_j2wzeyz wrote
Do you think that mine are laying so much just because they first started and aren't sure what to expect / haven't been acclimated to the changing seasons? They experienced summer, but were too young to lay
meinblown t1_j2wzwn6 wrote
They start laying at about 6 months old, but yes, that first year they will lay eggs regardless of the amount of vitamin D they are producing due to the sunlight. Something to do with being young I guess. They will even out by next year.
iamkatedog t1_j2yrfpz wrote
They will lay regardless the first winter.
bobcat1911 t1_j2wpysw wrote
If your feeding compost, your doing it wrong!
likeahurricane t1_j2wsv3k wrote
Tell that to Vermont Compost, where they have hundreds of laying hens they feed entirely without supplemental grain. Feeding chickens compost is a very common part of a sustainable food production system. They generate food while breaking down kitchen scraps more quickly into nitrogen-rich manure.
bdevine8 t1_j2wqate wrote
seems like it's pretty normal and healthy?
bobcat1911 t1_j2wqzmx wrote
"Compost" is more valuable as soil rather than a feed for poultry. Chicken eggs are more nutritional when minerals are added, such as flax seeds or other organic ingredients.
whys0brave t1_j2wy5l3 wrote
We feed them kitchen scraps before they become compost (in addition to laying feed and oyster shell and grit and soldier fly larva) and the compost mound in the back gets supplemented with their soiled bedding
Corey307 t1_j2xr3mt wrote
You know that chicken shit is good fertilizer right?
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