• Randomgal
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    5 months ago

    Just out of curiosity, taking into account feed and care for the chickens, how much would you say each egg costs?

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      5 months ago

      we raise keep chickens. did the calculation a couple years ago (eggs/week / feed/week) and it was essentially break even, but I think the eggs are better (store bought eggs have super pale yolks). We feed them a mix of feed and kitchen scraps (trimmings of produce etc). Now its a good price from what I read in the news, but if you include labor, its probably not worth it or you would pay yourself next to nothing.

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        5 months ago

        And plus you’ve got fair-trade ethically-sourced cruelty-free local eggs. Those aren’t cheap.

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        Oh yeah, I consider myself unpaid labor so that’s ok. XD Do you mean that you also sell the chickens? Or just that you raise them from chicks?