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[Susan Trickett <gmasue AT inbox.com>]

Hi Sage,
   I got 2.75/dozen which is high for this area. Organic eggs are higher but 
my feed isn't organic. I didn't consider the bedding cost but we will use it 
and the manure in the garden. What do you use for bedding? We've been using 
wood shavings but will probably switch back to straw.

              Thanks!

                     Sue

> -----Original Message-----
> From: eureka AT hctc.net
> Sent: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:03:37 -0600
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Chicken Feed Quest.
> 
> We costed out our feed, bedding, etc. and feel we break even by selling
> our eggs at $3.50/dozen. We have no trouble getting that price and most
> of our immediate neighbors are customers. The main product we get,
> besides superior eggs, is chicken manure that we compost for our garden.
> 
> Harvey Ussery is the expert on making your own chicken feed, and has
> published many good articles in Backyard Poultry and elsewhere about it.
> 
> What price do the rest of you get for your eggs?
> 
> --Sage
> 
> 
> Susan Trickett wrote:
>> Hi,
>>      Chicken feed is expensive:-) I sold some eggs today and hope to
>> find another 6 or 7 buyers for my extra eggs in order to buy feed. This
>> way I get my eggs for free. I live in a small town and although my lot
>> is a good size I don't think it's big enough to grow grains for the
>> chickens, especially since I want to grow as much food as possible for
>> us this year. Does anyone have any suggestions as to fast growing plants
>> that I can feed to the chickens, either green or dried that won't take
>> much room? I was thinking some sort of ground cover/crop cover? The
>> chicken pen is all dirt now and we are going to build some lightweight
>> chicken tractors so we can move them around the yard but I'm hoping to
>> only have a little, if any grass areas by next fall. Also, since the
>> chicken's outdoor area is dirt and that's where their food and water is
>> too, do I need to make grit available to them? They are about 7 months
>> old and laying nicely.
>> 
>>            Sue in Aberdeen WA
>> 
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