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meinblown t1_j2wx14j wrote

Reply to comment by bdevine8 in Trying to buy a shipping container by [deleted]

So I have over 2 dozen laying chickens and it costs me about $100 bucks a month to feed and bed them. And midsummer I am getting 2 dozen eggs a day. So you do the math. I don't sell the eggs, but it is pretty easy to "break even" once you have everything you need for them.

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whys0brave t1_j2wyr1l wrote

What are toy doing with the eggs? Freezing them for winter? Mine just started laying this month and I wasn't expecting much until spring but I'm getting eggs daily with only 5 hens in January!

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meinblown t1_j2wz8ol wrote

We use them or give them away to friends and family. Our flock pretty much stops laying once the days get too short.

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whys0brave t1_j2wzeyz wrote

Do you think that mine are laying so much just because they first started and aren't sure what to expect / haven't been acclimated to the changing seasons? They experienced summer, but were too young to lay

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meinblown t1_j2wzwn6 wrote

They start laying at about 6 months old, but yes, that first year they will lay eggs regardless of the amount of vitamin D they are producing due to the sunlight. Something to do with being young I guess. They will even out by next year.

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