They love kitchen scraps, especially spaghetti!
Posted on 10/31/2010 5:55:53 PM PDT by Bean Counter
Now that October is closing out, I have tallied my numbers and thought it might be interesting to discuss egg production year to date in our Chicken McMansion.
June 2010: 2 eggs; 84 grams total; 2.963 oz.; .185 lbs
July 2010: 86 eggs; 4415 grams total; 155.735 oz.; 9.733 lbs
August 2010: 154 eggs; 8117 grams total; 286.319 oz; 17.895 lbs
September 2010: 134 eggs; 7512 grams total; 264.978 oz.; 16.561 lbs
October 2010: 140 eggs; 8923 grams total; 314.749 oz.; 19.67 lbs.
To date, our coop has produced a total of 516 eggs weighing 64.044 pounds. (One ounce is equal to 28.3495 grams)
It’s a protein feed supplement (25%). It’s used for lots of animals, including poultry. Good stuff It’s in pellet form, can be had at Tractor Supply, etc. Good anytime a boost is needed.
Thanks.
Jumbo eggs are about $2.00 to $2.25 per dozen at any Miami, FL Publix market. Publix is a high end market, for a supermarket chain.
Your costs are in excess of twice that of jumbo eggs, with no labor or cash investment whatsoever.
Are you really an accountant?
A hen named Laverne- that’s cute. Do you have one named Shirley? LOL How about Henrieta?
I love chickens. Wish we could have some in our backyard.
Yes, they are entertaining.
I love to hear hens ‘sing’ and the sound they make when they call their chicks.
Seems like you feed the hens an awful lot.
God created the chicken!
They love kitchen scraps, especially spaghetti!
You miss the point ...
He is exercising self-sufficiency ideas ...
Eggsactly :>)
what kind of chickens do you have? my brother had rhode island reds back in the day.
Sorry to be the nasty inserter of logic onto this thread, but if the chickens are not able to survive without expensive feeds brought in from elsewhere, that chicken coop is hardly self-sufficient.
I have 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Golden Sex-Links, and two Black Jersey Giants.
The RIRs are named LaVerne and Maxine, The Goldens are Paris and Nichole, and since the Black Jerseys have huge butts and pretty, iridescent black feathers, they are named Oprah and Tyra.
And yes, I do overfeed them, but they are not fat and they are producing well. Lately I have been cutting back on the scratch and letting them free-eat the layer rations. If they had to subsist on nothing but forage and scraps, they could, and still do will. We’ll spoil them as long as we can....
Clearly - but feed is easy to stockpile. Eggs don’t last long outside the fridge.
And remember, a chicken is a tool for turning grain into proteen.
Nicely done! :)
I’m down to about 20 OLD hens right now. I plan on refreshing the flock this coming April. I used to produce for sale, but now I just need a flock for my own use and immediate family and friends.
It really is fun, and not all that much work. I’d encourage anyone to give it a try. :)
The way I am reading that, you spend $850 on chicken feed every 2 months, or $425 each month. I feeed our family of five on about $650 per month and we eat very well.
My math must be wrong somewhere.
I agree completely. Your math is wrong, someplace.
ya know Diana, I buttoned my coop up tight, put in a brooder light, and brooded my chicks right there. I had an elevated feeder and water bottle I put inside, and they lived inside until the weather was warm enough to let them out into the covered run.
I figure when this bunch is ready for the freezer, I’m all set to brood a new batch of hens. I also put together an inside brooder, made out of an old Rubbermaid storage tub and a brooder light with a standard 60 watt lightbulb. I drilled some air holes, tossed in some pine shavings, and the week-old chicks were all set. All six of mine started out in the same brooder tub. I have it stashed in the attic for future use.
I’m gently moving a couple of the neighbors in the direction of their own micro-flocks....
Got ya beat. I live in an old farm house with a third-floor walk up attic. It’s warm as heck up there all the time, so I have a pen up there where I start my chicks. (Heat lamps, too, etc.) I start them in mid-April, so by mid-May it’s warm enough for them to move to a small area of my big chicken coop...until they’re big enough to fend off the larger hens who like to smack them around at first, LOL! (Pecking Order!)
Works like a charm. I’ve raised 200 of them over the past few years with very few casualties. :)
This spring season I’m thinking of raising up my usual 50 but selling all but 10 to keep for myself.
Fifty chicks cost about $100.00. I raise them up for 6 weeks until they’ve feathered out. I sell 40 of them for $10 each...that’s $300 in my pocket! ($400-$100 initial investment. OK, I’ll give ya $50 tops on feed, time, water and electricity to keep them warm for 6 weeks, but I still make a quick $250.00 in 6 weeks!)
And I know my math is correct, LOL! :)
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