We have 10 laying hens right now. We’ve collected over 4,000 eggs since we started a few years ago. We have 3 growing boys and they eat eggs everyday. My 16 year old eats at least 15 eggs a week. He plays football and wrestles, so no problem burning the calories.
I highly recommend raising chickens to everyone. It’s fun and easy and the eggs are light years better than what you get from the store. We have 2 acres, so that helps.
Predators are the only problem. We’re on the lookout for coyotes, foxes, and fisher cats. But that’s what the varmit gun is for...
Raccoons too
My friend Manuel has 40 acres and has free-range chickens.
My buddy Scott raises them in the city, and critters keep killing them.
Manuel says “you can have some of my chickens if you can catch them,
Scott says, how many chickens you got?
Manuel says, I don’t know, I have a lot of coyotes too....