HenriettaPizzaNolan
Raising Layers and Meat Birds in the City
I just processed a batch of 6 Cornish X today.
I ran the numbers and between the cost of buying the chicks and their feed, I spent about $9.93 per bird! It may have even been a little less. They averaged in at 4.5 lbs. each.
I've always been told raising your own is more expensive, but with the price of food lately, that's not necessarily true. I can't buy a bird of that size for that price at my local grocery store. And even if I could, I know it would have been an unhappy, factory-raised bird. Mine were raised on grass, bugs, sunshine, (and commercial feed). "Pasture raised" or "free range" chickens go for as much as $~25 each around here, and even their quality of life can be questionable.
I just wanted to share this. I'm glad we raise our own!
I ran the numbers and between the cost of buying the chicks and their feed, I spent about $9.93 per bird! It may have even been a little less. They averaged in at 4.5 lbs. each.
I've always been told raising your own is more expensive, but with the price of food lately, that's not necessarily true. I can't buy a bird of that size for that price at my local grocery store. And even if I could, I know it would have been an unhappy, factory-raised bird. Mine were raised on grass, bugs, sunshine, (and commercial feed). "Pasture raised" or "free range" chickens go for as much as $~25 each around here, and even their quality of life can be questionable.
I just wanted to share this. I'm glad we raise our own!
