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This one's for the Americans (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 33 points 2 years ago (16 children)

Lol, you can buy a full chicken for $5 (10 for $49.99) and they lay between 4-7 eggs a week, you can make an ROI between 1-2 weeks and never have to buy eggs again.

I would strongly recommend you buy chickens if you have the ability.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Unfortunately good feed is more expensive than the chicken.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    don't they eat scraps?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Scraps and foraging are a great addition to their diet! But to keep them laying for many years they need a feed that supplements calcium. Making egg shells will leech calcium from their bones and they'll live short lives if they don't have enough in their feed. I like feeding a mash of soy, corn and other vitamins.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    To be fair, lots of animals like to kill chickens. I've lost dozens to predators. And I'm committed to free range, I don't want to keep chickens locked in a small coop/run all the time. I still lock them up at night and they appreciate that. I actually have zero at the moment, waiting for spring to start over after some dogs jumped over my fence and killed all of mine. I still get free eggs from my sister though. Oh, and you can't suggest chicken ownership without disclosing all of the chicken shit. It's almost mountains of chicken shit.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Call it Guano and sell it as fertiliser.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What are your thoughts on suburban chicken ownership? I'm wholly uninterested, I need another creature to keep alive like I need another hole in the head, but my wife and daughter are really into the idea.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    That's essentially what I have been doing. You'd be surprised how many predators still roam the suburbs though. I have lost chickens to raccoons, opossums, hawks, dogs and foxes.

    My only real suggestion is check your zoning. I was operating in a kind of grey area but I have known people who had to get rid of their chickens to avoid daily fines. Getting well set up for chickens is a bit of work, I wouldn't want to do that in vain.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    We wanted chickens so badly this year but with H5N1 spreading and owning 3 cats (which seem to have a high death rate from H5N1) I'm still not sure if it's a great idea. If anyone can convince me though I would still happily get chickens.

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