As for the feed, I am generous. I use 50 pounds of feed and about 50 pounds of scratch grains every 2 months. My hens are well fed, and they free-range in the yard as well. Locally scratch goes for about $8/50 pound bag and feed for a little more. I also buy an 80 pound sack of horse oats (about $12) and feed the hens a handful of whole oats as well.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.