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Cathryn
rainbowsilkies MI
rainbowsilkies MI
From: englishlopswyoming <englishlopswyoming@yahoo.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 12:02 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] How much does it cost in grain to raise a layer hen?
Has anybody kept track of what it cost to raise a brand-new chick to layer size (approx 6 months old)? I am trying to do a cost comparison sheet.. but I get free grain from our local brewery and just give them a few handfulls of the pre-made chicken feed a day. We pay, on average, $18.50 per 50# bag of feed. I've gone through 5 bags of feed to raise out 35 chickens (8 roosters, 27 pullets), about a dozen are 4 1/2 months old and the others are between 3-3.5 months old. I have gotten a dozen eggs out of my 4.5 month olds this week. So I think 4.5-6 months old would be my target range for price.
Right now I have, on average, 7 1/4#'s of feed per bird.. or locally that runs $2.65 each in feed... I'll probably have 8.5#'s ($3.15) into them on average by the time the youngest reaches 5 months. I have other cost, like incubation, heat, & bedding, but I'm sure that's variable by area.
For those who mostly give pre-made feed, how many pounds of feed do you have into each bird?
Right now I have, on average, 7 1/4#'s of feed per bird.. or locally that runs $2.65 each in feed... I'll probably have 8.5#'s ($3.15) into them on average by the time the youngest reaches 5 months. I have other cost, like incubation, heat, & bedding, but I'm sure that's variable by area.
For those who mostly give pre-made feed, how many pounds of feed do you have into each bird?
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