I am now a chicken farmer

[madoka]

I have heard that being a chicken farmer is easy money.....just a HUGE initial investment.

Yes it is like printing your own money in the form of eggs. By my calculations (accounting for the fencing, coop, nesting boxes, 800 lbs. of yearly feed, etc.), the chickens will have paid for themselves by the year 2084. This is of course assuming that I eat one dozen eggs a day.

 

[madoka]

How much daily work is involved with a dozen chickens?

Initially I was all concerned about them, but they practically raise themselves. They are way less hassle than a dog.

BTW, one of the cool benefits of having chickens is that they've developed a taste for ants. They will peck away at ants all day. If you have an ant problem, then chickens are the way to go.

 

[T9D]

Yer a sick bastage...

That guy must have a giant dong

 

[BUTCH1]

He said "watch their butts"

scary stuff man. I just go and buy my eggs in a store.

You building Lego Chicken Coops?

Most towns do not permit chicken coops anyway so there is no choice involved, for those that do they claim that the eggs are far beyond in quality and taste to those bought in a supermarket, I think DR Pizza has a farm with chickens so maybe he can chime in here and let us know the difference. I wouldn't mind having chickens but my town will not allow it, also FL has a lot of predators one would need to worry about keeping out.

 

[ponyo]

I can grow six chickens max per my city zoning ordinance. We had a guy blow up his house and kill himself because the city harassed him about raising chickens in his backyard. He was grandfathered in the old law so he had more than 6 chickens.

 

[Ichinisan]

How're the chickens doing?

 

[Newell Steamer]

I am not sure how just 15 chickens are sustainable.

Do you want their eggs? If yes, you need a roster.

Do you just want their meat? If yes, then you have 15 to 30 servings right there.

What are your goals for being a chicken farmer??

 

[Naer]

Do the chickens have large talons?

aware

 

[Maximilian]

Bring me one of those chickens...

you'll pay for it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9JQbWqMfCE

 

[alkemyst]

Do you want their eggs? If yes, you need a roster.

This is absolutely is not true. You sir, need edumacation.

 

[Newell Steamer]

This is absolutely is not true. You sir, need edumacation.

They lay eggs, no matter if they are fertilized?

I did not know that.

 

[CZroe]

They lay eggs, no matter if they are fertilized?

I did not know that.

Domesticated hens do just as domesticated milk cows lactate without a calf.

'thought everyone knew that.

 

[Ichinisan]

They lay eggs, no matter if they are fertilized?

I did not know that.

Yup. Never heard of the candling process? They hold eggs up to a light to see which ones have embryos developing.

 

[Newell Steamer]

Domesticated hens do just as domesticated milk cows lactate without a calf.

'thought everyone knew that.

Even is she has never given birth before? Nope - I did not know that.

Yup. Never heard of the candling process? They hold eggs up to a light to see which ones have embryos developing.

Again, I always assumed the eggs came out, due to intercourse with a rooster - regardless of fertilization. So, in effect, when you eat eggs, you are eating menstrual bypass - it is not blood that is passed (like that of a dog/cat), but unfertilized eggs.