“So lucky, you get free eggs”

[gtaus]

I think after reading this I'll just spread it in an area of their run vs going through the trouble of transporting it from coop to compost pile. After adding some dried leaves that the girls LOVE to scratch through, they can then entertain themselves while helping me out with all the turning. Win-win.

Absolutely! Chickens love to scratch and peck in composting litter. Let them do the work instead of yourself. I went all in and converted my entire chicken run into a chicken run composting system, but a person could just have one area set aside, or a small framed in area, to hold the compost litter in a confined area.

In any case, I found that my chickens make compost months faster than I did just leaving the material in a compost bin and not turning it - the lazy composting method. Plus, the chickens will leave you some chicken poo in the compost litter out in the run. Just a bonus for your composting.

 

[RuralChick83]

Anyone else shaking their heads and rolling their eyes as people say “you are so lucky you get free eggs” as the price of eggs is rising. If I add up what I have spent on their coop, bedding, food, treats, and medicines, not to mention time and energy, I suspect my eggs cost way more than the highest grocery store eggs. I don’t mind the cost though. I love my ducks and their eggs. I just find it funny. Many of those people will be finding out the truth soon enough as hatcheries are getting more orders than ever.
What do you think?

I just went to my local Fleet Farm and they already started selling baby chicks. I saw a lot of people there who have never experienced raising or growing anything, buying chicks to have eggs. After hearing what their so called "experts" were telling people and seeing people trying to raise them with hardly any materials, I am wondering if this is going to be even more devastating than the bird flu. Most of the people I think are going to end up killing all of their chicks. The lucky ones will get rehomed.

 

[gtaus]

I just went to my local Fleet Farm and they already started selling baby chicks. I saw a lot of people there who have never experienced raising or growing anything, buying chicks to have eggs. After hearing what their so called "experts" were telling people and seeing people trying to raise them with hardly any materials, I am wondering if this is going to be even more devastating than the bird flu. Most of the people I think are going to end up killing all of their chicks. The lucky ones will get rehomed.

I have raised chickens, on and off, for almost 30 years. I'm still learning new stuff all the time and sometimes find ways that work better for me. Some of those new people with chicks for the first time will figure it out fast, some won't, and the chicks may die, others will find out that maybe they don't really want to care for a backyard flock of chickens despite all the "free" eggs we get without any work.

I hope many of these first timers will look towards BYC for help where we all can offer our experience to help. IMHO, we would have a better world if more people had a backyard flock of chickens. Well, it has made my life a little better...