I break even on my Egg laying chickens. Eat my own, and sell enough at $4.00 per dozen to pay for feed for 14 chickens.
I grow from seed. I sprout them in the late winter and plant them beginning of spring.
Dude, you CANNOT grow chickens from seed!
Bwahaha!
Seriously, so do I. I’ll post some pics if I can get my hosting site back up.
A big benefit of growing from seed, I’m sure you already know, is that you can select varieties for taste and your particular growing conditions, and you get such a bigger variety also.
I hate the fact the Bonnies Plants have basically taken over everywhere. That’s all Walmart, Lowes, and Home Depot sell. And they suck at it. For example, they’re selling long-day onion plants in Alabama. They won’t even bulb up. The only broccoli plants being sold is Lieutenant, which makes a puny 4-5 inch head and often buttons up while it’s still a small plant. Lowes in Alabama is selling Blueberry plants and apple trees rated for zone 4-7. I found a very nice and very inexpensive nursery for Southern fruit: TyTy Nursery in TyTy, Georgia, not far from Tifton.
So, needless to say, like you, I grow my own in flats and jiffy 7 pellets. One thing though, they’re never as lush as Bonnies. I guess they hose their plants down with Miracle-Gro every day.
You grew your chickens from seed?
*evil grin*