Comments on: Does Having Chickens Save Money?

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By: Savvy Housekeeper

Savvy Housekeeper — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:50:13 +0000

Ginny, thanks for the tip. I plan to give them a lot of scraps and let them roam around. I agree, chickens should not be machines.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:35:22 +0000

Nice, I hope the chickens come with a copy of Farm City.

By: Ginny

Ginny — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:35:03 +0000

It is completely doable to not buy any feed at all for your chickens. Back in the old days, people didn’t feed their chickens. People kept a rather large flock and the chickens free ranged and fended for themselves. I don’t know that you would want them to free range, but you can have a moveable chicken tractor and grow them some winter feed in your vegetable garden. They don’t need lots of grains, they will thrive on mangels, sugar beets, rutabagas, cabbages, carrots, etc. Of course, you cannot expect them to be laying machines without hyped up feed, but you will get enough eggs and your chickens will be healthier, because they are not turned into egg-laying machines.

Just a thought from a homesteader with chickens who are not machines.

By: Savvy Housekeeper

Savvy Housekeeper — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:15:40 +0000

Rob, that’s funny–Crunchy Chicken…

Stephanie, I thought you guys would be interested. Yes, let’s trade cheese for eggs!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:47:36 +0000

Bwok bwok bwok, how exciting! I could totally see you do that. Will they be there this weekend? Wait, maybe you have to build the coop first… gosh darn it. Oh oh oh… maybe we can trade cheese for eggs!?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:59:23 +0000

Yes but there are a bunch of variables-
What if your hen quits laying?
What if you neighborhood dog attacks the hen?
What if your chicken turns mean and pecks the other hens?
Enough of the negatives- you get some fun pets out of the deal. And if you have kids they learn where their food comes from. And oening chickens is cool!
Of course, for me the advantage would be I could name them after two of my aunts, LaVerne and Shirley (really)- LaVerne owned chickens and cows and pigs, which she wasn’t too shy about naming a pig after me.. and one named after a blogger- Crunchy. Yep the hen would be known as Crunchy Chicken