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<blockquote data-quote="donnaIL" data-source="post: 625264" data-attributes="member: 37"><p>I know how you feel, I am feeding 31 chickens (only 5 are laying right now..the others should start next month)!</p><p>But yes they eat that much, I was reading a handout that I got from TSC last year regarding chicken feed. It states that a hen will eat 1/4 lb per day....so .25lb x 7birds =1.75 lbs per day, 1.75 x 30 days = $52.50</p><p></p><p>50 lb bag of feed around here is about $10...so lets assume your pullets lay 5-6 eggs a week (they lay one ever 26 hours or something like that & it takes awhile for them to get regular)..you get 25-30 eggs a week. From my 5 pullets I got 110 eggs in Jan and have to go get todays eggs...so I will get alittle over 9 dozen eggs. So the eggs cost you at least $1.00 a dozen. </p><p></p><p>To cut down on feed expense I plan on growing extra in the garden to feed them, let them free range daily and also I feed them alot of kitchen scraps that I use to just throw away. Some people even feed them their own eggs & shells.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>probably alot more than that if you count the cost of the coup and if you use any electricity out there..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnaIL, post: 625264, member: 37"] I know how you feel, I am feeding 31 chickens (only 5 are laying right now..the others should start next month)! But yes they eat that much, I was reading a handout that I got from TSC last year regarding chicken feed. It states that a hen will eat 1/4 lb per day....so .25lb x 7birds =1.75 lbs per day, 1.75 x 30 days = $52.50 50 lb bag of feed around here is about $10...so lets assume your pullets lay 5-6 eggs a week (they lay one ever 26 hours or something like that & it takes awhile for them to get regular)..you get 25-30 eggs a week. From my 5 pullets I got 110 eggs in Jan and have to go get todays eggs...so I will get alittle over 9 dozen eggs. So the eggs cost you at least $1.00 a dozen. To cut down on feed expense I plan on growing extra in the garden to feed them, let them free range daily and also I feed them alot of kitchen scraps that I use to just throw away. Some people even feed them their own eggs & shells. probably alot more than that if you count the cost of the coup and if you use any electricity out there.. [/QUOTE]
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