Several things I could add. Hens really drop off egg production after their second year. If you're feeding hens that are 3-3 1/2 old, your just feeding pets. If you want to have self-sustaining flocks, you can hybridize with a different breed rooster, but it is important to get a new rooster every year to avoid inbreeding. Keeping a purebred flock is not a necessity. Buying hybrid egg layers will ensure the most eggs but DO NOT keep a rooster of the group for breeding. Putting an LED bulb on a timer in the coop when days get shorter will keep production high in winter. Set timer to come on in early morning (approx. 3:30) and to go off at daylight so that they have 14 hrs of light. Been keeping and breeding chickens most of my 71 yrs. Like to help other people who are just learning about them.
@guyhickson7332
Жыл бұрын
Great information! Just starting out here and need ideas how or where to sell our extra eggs. Also how to sell the extra roosters.
@ronatwell5379
Жыл бұрын
@@guyhickson7332 There is a large Hispanic population in my area. They come by regularly to see if I have roosters for sale. They use them to make tamales (which they sell). Other foreign people in your area can also be a market for ready-to -butcher roosters. Eggs go to friends, neighbors, family, and coworkers. Don't be afraid to ask top price. If you're selling fresh eggs, they deserve top price.
@issuesthatmatter2825
Жыл бұрын
My hubby amd I are going to start a small scale hatchery next spring with 5 different breeds of chickens. Any advice?
@ronatwell5379
Жыл бұрын
@@issuesthatmatter2825 If you have never hatched chickens before, then I can only say first thing is to buy your incubator of whatever size you want. No, first decide how many chicks you want to hatch. You see, there are many choices to be made, even if you have hatched eggs before. Make those choices based on your experience and information gathered here on KZitem. I would say the first decision is what breeds you're going to produce, whether for fun or production. Big difference! Feel free to contact me if you are seeking more info from me, personally.
@3258pamela
Жыл бұрын
@@ronatwell5379 Who are you LOL.........I think you need a channell
@darrisellis8810
Жыл бұрын
Had 19 hens, 1 rooster. I now have 20 adult chickens and now have 10 chicks. Definitely not getting rich but certainly made enough money to cover the cost of feed and thus our family gets free eggs. We got 17 eggs yesterday.
@stayinggolden2665
Жыл бұрын
It's our first year out, we have less than a dozen layers. The idea for us isn't to get rich. But we save all the egg money for chicken feed and supplies. We charge the same as standard eggs in the store. So far our chickens are feeding themselves and giving us eggs at no cost. So win win. I don't count our labour though and some people will I'm sure. For us it's all about self sustainability.
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
Yes, that’s the best way to do it, make money back that you can put back into the chickens!
@shannonfbc1
Жыл бұрын
I really start doing this with my extra eggs
@amomto4
Жыл бұрын
Yes that's our ambition as well. If we can just break even we consider that a win!
@edlauren9434
Жыл бұрын
I am buying eggs $1 each from our friends that have their own backyard chickens. I am willing to pay these money because I know that these eggs are a nutritionally packed food that will help my body to function good and to avoid paying for pills to Pharma. I am doing Keto with IF and I eat 4-5 eggs daily.
@AustinMartin-m1w
11 ай бұрын
Wow 😯 12 dollars a dozen! No thanks!😂
@pamelapruett7833
10 ай бұрын
I have a dehydrator and you can scramble your eggs. Put them on a tray in the dehydrator and dehydrate them and then grind them into powder. Then seal them in a jar
@Vickette11
4 ай бұрын
what do you do with them dehydrated? just reconstitute when ready to use? and what kinds of things would you use them in then? thanks!
@jasonlist3253
Жыл бұрын
If that hen went through molt and took a break from laying a while, sometime the eggs are weird at first. If it doesnt get better, she may have some kind of blockage in her duct, but I wouldnt worry yet. Take care.
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips Jason!
@mrs.9315
Жыл бұрын
Good sir, there is no such thing as "too many" when doing chicken math! Thanks for the video.
@cynthiaharrell784
Жыл бұрын
Great advice, luv your channel; real life stuff. 🤓
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that and you for watching!
@أحلامحادي-ض5ض
Жыл бұрын
Hi , Your realistic view and suggests are highly appreciated .It will help me alot in my project at home! Many thanks!
@WTHax
9 ай бұрын
You can also preserve the eggs with the water glass method
@juliannedispain1637
Жыл бұрын
I know it would be expensive but invest in a freeze dryer that way you can store your extra eggs.
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
We would love one! We are going to look into a good freeze dryer next year
@knotqueen2419
Жыл бұрын
My sister just purchased a freeze-dryer. We plan to freeze-dry our extra eggs. Of course, it's going to take a long time to off-set the cost. Best.
@agomodern
5 ай бұрын
They're only like $3,000. Not worth it.
@ChrisVanWorth
8 ай бұрын
I made enough selling eggs to cover the feed cost, and have some eggs left over for our household to always have them available after selling all we can.
@AcresOfAdventure
8 ай бұрын
That is awesome!
@ameeecker7976
Жыл бұрын
Bumpy eggs usually mean just extra calcium in their bodies. Not an issue 😊
@Niki-xr6cw
Ай бұрын
I just give my extra eggs to friends family and of course my awesome neighbours ❤
@thedudeman6679
12 күн бұрын
The bumps/ ripples in the eggshells has to do with too much calcium in their diet. No problem to the bird it’ll just make stronger eggshells that break less or pop open when boiling them.
@thisiswhatyoutubedoes7505
Жыл бұрын
My ultimate goal is to get free eggs for my family. 25 birds, sell 5 dozen to cover feed and the rest are free. Sounds good on paper lmao we shall see if it plays out that way.
@johnnycash5520
Жыл бұрын
Or you could just get a rooster and start selling hatching eggs there's a huge market right now for the backyard flock a lot of these major chicken hatcheries lost a lot of their breeders we need to be sharing each other's genetics there's a huge market for hatching eggs on social media right now.
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
We have heard that, we might try that more this year and see how it goes
@jamesjustice859
Жыл бұрын
Question Where did you find the nesting box on your coop?
@Niki-xr6cw
Ай бұрын
older hens often lay bumpy eggs ,she could have Reproductive illness ,good and daily layers often do,it’s one of biggest killers of your older daily laying hens ,hens like Lohmann browns ) french purchased many and called them ISA ISA are in fact really Lohmann Browns ,and the assorted other hybrids that lay daily ,I usually get contraceptive implants for my older hens ,they are still great flock members they teach younger hens and are often one of top hens keeping peace in the flock ,hybrids live an average of 5 years ,I don’t resent them they have been great layers and deserve a free from laying retirement .
@MusicFandom
10 ай бұрын
When 5 dozen eggs sell for $8.24 at Walmart, it seems nearly impossible to make a profit selling eggs at home.
@DeborahElliott-mh5ru
Жыл бұрын
any weird eggs with bumps or stuff like that is due to a calcium deficiency. Give them oyster shells to help alleviate having eggs that are deformed.
@MrCard031584
10 ай бұрын
I think the egg that is oddly bumpy may be excessive calcium.
@AcresOfAdventure
10 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@RosemaryCallagher
2 ай бұрын
How many people have done this ❤
@mattwilliams4763
Ай бұрын
I sell eggs in NZ and I can sell them for $8 bucks . And have a lot of customers.
@Oldfarmlady
Жыл бұрын
We might, might break even. We have 60 chickens & ducks combined. Everyone is free range and try to give them as little feed as possible or they get lazy and just want feed. Lol. Feed is expensive!! Cartons are expensive! We charge $5 a dozen. In the summer we'll get 10 dozen a day.
@saltyintexas193
Жыл бұрын
I allow people to “donate” around 4$ a dozen and my 13 hens supply us and about 6 12 dozen request a week. But warmer climates, micro-green sprouts, fermented feed, crush their shells and mix in feed along with homemade worms 🪱
@Mr1967mejias
Жыл бұрын
7:35 Southeast Texas we have 3 Ameraucana hens (2 Blue and 1 Splash) and 1 Barnevelder hen. One Ameraucana (Splash) Rooster
@Mr1967mejias
Жыл бұрын
Just started to ferment pellets this week. 13 Ameraucana and 4 Barnevelder eggs in the incubator. Day 6.
@bossgamer4494
6 ай бұрын
My chicken house I make it and it cost like $1,200 and that is not with the food yet think about it… and one chicken here it cost like $20 or more
@sherry4157
Жыл бұрын
Pigs don’t require cooked eggs. However, I’ve been cracking them into pails and serving them . I noticed you threw the whole raw egg including shells to pigs. Does that work? It would save me a step
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
They will eat them raw no problem!
@lenevoyogatab3
Жыл бұрын
you can tell, what comes first, Egg or Chicken ?
@rajeshpassi3748
Жыл бұрын
Great
@nailessencebymel6963
Жыл бұрын
Love ❤️ chicken 🐔
@givemorekhupe5517
Жыл бұрын
How do you see the difference from table eggs and fertile eggs
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
When you crack it, the gold will have a white bullseye around the middle
@agomodern
5 ай бұрын
Wash the eggs and they will no longer be able to hatch.
@LifeFlight101
Жыл бұрын
Farm fresh eggs are $10 here.
@sheilaandino1278
Жыл бұрын
Yessssss 💯💯
@captainjocassee
Жыл бұрын
My aunt in Syracuse New York sent me a picture…$16.46 for 18 eggs
@shannonfbc1
Жыл бұрын
We eat probably 6-8 eggs a day. I give alot of eggs away though
@derekbyrd5327
Жыл бұрын
Overcrowding of the chickens which causes stress. I think that's why the eggs are deformed
@frenchvideoclub8031
Жыл бұрын
Jesus, he made the chicken eat their own children.
@Gwalker0220
Жыл бұрын
NEVER Feed chickens eggs or shells! Great way to make egg eaters.... Use breeds that lay the most eggs, and eats the least amount of food... Australorps,, Rhode Island Red, Bard Rock... Buy no eggs in there diet....
@edpowell4838
Жыл бұрын
Bro fed eggs to chickens 💀
@XxBlindoutxX
4 ай бұрын
Livestock of any is illegal in my city
@Jason-kg4rs
11 ай бұрын
We just give them away to whoever wants them.
@ramdomgiltter5590
11 ай бұрын
The reason for your bumpy egg is because the chicken is getting older
@creativetips97
2 ай бұрын
In 2024 eggs 🥚 🍳 are $6
@billgroves6605
Жыл бұрын
She's laying a large egg and the rings is where she's taking a break nothing wrong with her
@tjrhodes214
Жыл бұрын
To much calcium in diet
@roseg4771
Жыл бұрын
you should never feed chickens their own eggs. It is like feeding a human being another human being
@franrowe8696
Жыл бұрын
The bumpy shells usually come from stressed hens, or if they have a defective shell gland. Mine laid bumpy eggs when they had respiratory problems caused by bronchitis. Watery whites typical of older hens can also be an issue, you can still eat the egg.
@highroad3580
Жыл бұрын
We have about 30 hens. Any extra eggs are traded at a larger farm store in the area for veggies we are not growing. We have enough people wanting healthy foods in our town the eggs go fast at the store. We also have a goose who has laid about 40 eggs so far this fall. We are doing what you are talking about with milk, garden, fruit trees, and such. You are on the right tract. Great to find your channel and cheer you forward.
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words! We are trying our best and would love to focus and start our business
@troyyarbrough
Жыл бұрын
I love to hear that some people still understand how to barter for goods. We did that a lot back in the day
@mixedmediaartgirl300
Жыл бұрын
The bumpy egg.... Idk but Doug and Stacy just put a recent video out about the toxic feed from tractor supply (and whatever other black label the feed company sends it to) and that the chickens are not laying because of it
@thatsmuzik2570
Жыл бұрын
Four dollars! It’s $7 in Oregon for farm fresh organic eggs!
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
I bet in a major city where I work I could sell them around that price
@ghostridergale
Жыл бұрын
Here around Camas, Washington, farmers are selling eggs between $4.00 up to $6.50 a dz. I been selling mine by the size of the eggs instead of giving random sizes in the dz egg cartons. Ex large $5.00 Large $4.75 medium $4.50 so it just depends who you buy your eggs from. I noticed at the Walmart the other day they had large organic eggs $8.58 and that really surprised me the egg prices were that high in the stores! At the price I’m selling egg , I’m far from even breaking even. Definitely loosing money every month. But I buy my chickens the very best feed I can find regardless of the cost and even with the chickens free ranging from sun up to sun down they still go thru about $275.00 a month in feed alone. Sometimes higher when I buy the chickens meal worms or soldier flies, etc. They get a little apple cider vinegar in their water once a week along with other minerals and vitamins now and then trying to make sure the chicken stay healthy and strong. I probably spoil my chickens more than other farmers raising chickens? But I never intended to make a profit selling my eggs anyway. Selling eggs hopefully offsetting the full cost of raising the chickens is good enough for me. I don’t think most people understand how much cost goes into raising chickens unless their raising chickens themselves! Like many things people do or make, the time and effort they put out with whatever their doing ? If they were expecting a normal wage for their time, they often not even be getting minimum wages! That’s also why some people have learned not to build or make things till they have special orders for an item first. Simply cause once it’s made everyone wants it for practicality nothing! Custom orders the only way in many cases a builder or whatever being made can turn a profit! So I suppose I’ll have to train my chickens to only lay eggs after someone makes a order for eggs! 😂 I have noticed now a few different times where Walmart at least had absolutely no egg’s whatsoever on their shelves. I don’t know how long the shelves set empty though? I personally try to not take on more customers than I can supply eggs for. Rather not have to turn existing customers away not having eggs for them. But if I see other people wanting eggs then I’ll add to my folk where my chickens hopefully will lay more eggs. I started with eggs only 8 chickens and now up to 44 chickens and the flock been growing every year for the last 4 years! Eventually hoping to grow more fruit frees and vegetables to help come closer to breaking even. Again not trying to make a profit, I be happy just covering my overhead costs!
@thatsmuzik2570
Жыл бұрын
@@ghostridergale Wow! I understand about the cost. I spoil my 2 chickens who are not laying for the winter. 😳 I buy organic ingredients at Bob’s Red Mill or Natural Grocers and make my own because every time you buy 20lb feed sack it’s $60. Plus grubs, grit, oyster shell, bedding…unfortunately my girls turn their noses up at vegetables. I need to try soaking grains again. They didn’t like it last time.
@troyyarbrough
Жыл бұрын
Around here eggs in the grocery store are around $5 a dozen. Local farmers are selling them for $5 to $6 a dozen. I haven't bought eggs from the store in ages. I wish I could go back to raising my own eggs, but my situation makes it very difficult. So, I buy from our local farmers instead.
@aliabdelaziz905
Жыл бұрын
That’s like $10 now
@TexasHomesteaders
Жыл бұрын
We get $5 a dozen for ours here but they are organic. We break even. When I had more chickens I made a profit but we are on a smaller plot of land now. Odd shaped eggs are normal in young hens or molting hens.
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the insight!
@chase_h.01
Жыл бұрын
I like that turf idea. Had no idea theyd go for that. Saves having to restock new nesting materials
@tleereece7942
Жыл бұрын
I do not sell my eggs, I do however give them away. To family and friends, some neighbors. My chickens (have 35, 2 of those are special needs) are a joy and I do not want It to become a job. Plus, I don't want to deal with issues come along with selling eggs or chickens. 😃
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
Yeah we give away quite a bit, it’s nice to help out!
@Ziggy623
Жыл бұрын
I agree
@tonywaneka6853
Жыл бұрын
you right but you need to buy feed for chickens and it's not fun. it's sucks!
@Ziggy623
Жыл бұрын
That’s exactly what we do. We have a pastor at the church who adopted five special children and have two of their own and they have special needs and use 12 dozen eggs a week so we help them out by just giving our eggs to them.
@strongspear4269
Жыл бұрын
The only problem with giving them away to family and friends is that they come to expect and depend on it, and then it becomes work. And then you're just working for free
@sleepychicken19
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the informative video! We started a farm in Indonesia. We have about 30 hens and 8 roosters. Currently now we get around a dozen eggs per day, and we sell them at $5/dozen. Feed cost is about $1/day. So we’re making profit $4 per day. We’re able to reduce feed cost significantly by free ranging our chickens in the tropical forest. Lots of bugs and grubs. We’re also hatching more chicks this year due to increasing demand for eggs.
@Radiant6.214
Жыл бұрын
Kalau boleh tau keep jenis apa mas?
@frugalmomofmany
Жыл бұрын
My parents sell in a largish city in NC, and they make $8 per dozen. They sold 96 dozen eggs last week! They feed them non GMO feed, and they're pasture raised. They were going for $6-7 even when egg prices were more normal. Last week the other farmers said they needed to go up to $8. No one minded it.
@joea6234
Жыл бұрын
damn i sell my eggies for 5 bucks to my large family and same non gmo pasture raised
@frugalmomofmany
Жыл бұрын
@@joea6234 The area their farmer's market is in is a richer area. They get prices that just 45 minutes away in my town things would never sell for. I'm glad for them though. Caring for as many animals as they do and keeping up the farm is very time consuming and expensive when doing it on a large scale. If they don't get a high enough price, why spend their lives growing other people's food. They can do their own work if they aren't willing to pay for it. I'm trying to get started in selling chicks and eggs, and it's already cost me roughly $1000. It's not cheap buying lumber for enough pens, feeders and waterers, good stock to start with, etc. I probably won't bring any profit for several years, and by then my coops will probably need some repairs, and my incubators may not work. I hope they do, but either way, it's expensive to start farming!!
@joea6234
Жыл бұрын
@@frugalmomofmany no yea all the power to them lol i wish i lived in a richer area, I do it as a side gig
@AdAstraLabs
11 ай бұрын
96 dozen? Is that a lot of chickens because that's definitely a lot of eggs
@frugalmomofmany
11 ай бұрын
@@AdAstraLabs yeah. I'm not sure how many chickens they have, but it's a lot. They farm with my brother and sell at two different markets. They work all the time!
@willschneider2330
Жыл бұрын
We sell eggs $8 a dozen that's what they pay here in erath Louisiana and it cost $17 a week to feed 9 laying chickens getting about 14 eggs every other day
@Kanne606
10 ай бұрын
So many chicken raisers forget the value of the compost for growing a productive garden
@elizabethmontelongo5980
5 ай бұрын
Does it work? I will use this year I have chickens
@hughmanatee7433
Жыл бұрын
I have always found that egg production pays for itself and a little more. The real profit with layer hens is in the work they do and the manure they make. I have a henhouse on a trailer which I move all around the farm. I use portable electric fence netting, although I never use the electricity, I surround an area with the coop in it and use the chickens to weed and eat bugs inside the corral. It is a great way to start a new garden or tend an apple tree or an asparagus patch etc.
@vladmuresan2828
Жыл бұрын
Interesting story I’m turn my 8 chickens in a little business for my daughter and now i have 18 and plan to add minimum 20 more maybe up to 50 this is my plan 😂. Is start like that I SALE ORGANIC EGGS 6🥚for 3£ or 12🥚for 5£ with home delivery no more far then 3 miles and is work . Now i have to many subscribers buy weekly eggs for me but not to many chickens , soon i will make happy all my subscribers . Is not big money but this chicken buy toys for my daughter 🙃
@catherinebrown7299
Жыл бұрын
I want to get some silkies. Not for the eggs, but to have as garden pets. I love your chicken coop. It's the most unique one that I have seen so far and it looks able to keep out predators. Great information given and such a great idea using the turf. A lot to think about for when I get my own!!! Thanks💜🐣💜
@kimc.3104
Жыл бұрын
My kids got silkies and we loved them, let me warn you they have many predators, I wish I knew - even during the day they would disappear;(
@tleereece7942
Жыл бұрын
Feed them egg shells too, great value in the shell. Numerous reasons for a bumpy egg; excess phosphorus, age, heat, infection, etc.
@whoahorseywhoa4685
Жыл бұрын
are they ok to eat?
@tleereece7942
Жыл бұрын
@@whoahorseywhoa4685 I wouldn't eat them. You just need to figure out what they are lacking.
@whoahorseywhoa4685
Жыл бұрын
@@tleereece7942 I meant for the dog
@jimbull6630
Жыл бұрын
I get about a dozen eggs a day from my hens I give them to my brothers family and several neighbors. Several of the neighbors think about me when they are baking and make me pies and cakes another gives me some of his honey I prefer that over cash. Didn't set out to trade eggs just had eggs to spare and started gifting them.
@bettypowers5166
Жыл бұрын
Chicken math is real, it's supposed to be 1🐔+1🐔=5🐔. My husband did common core chicken math, I got 14 for eggs he got 129 🤯🤷♀️.
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
Gotta have one half of the relationship try to talk the other one down all the time from getting more ! Haha
@cjsands716
Жыл бұрын
😂🤣😂🤣
@Nova-m8d
6 күн бұрын
Nobody will ever buy the eggs, you will have 287 eggs. Nobody will even take them for free. Don't waste your time.
@DramaTubeTv
Жыл бұрын
The big money comes from selling the layers at $40 per bird at 6 months and food source being mostly from free ranging the birds. We just started raising goats as well on our homestead and they are great for the milk butter and cheese but over all are a royal pain in the ass
@christian5707
Жыл бұрын
In California $18.99 for 18 pack of organic free range eggs. I personally have 13 hens, 1 special needs and 3 roosters. I’ve been giving our extra eggs away to family and neighbors but I’m toying with the idea of selling my eggs just to cover feed and bedding costs.
@reneerollins4433
Жыл бұрын
😳😵
@agomodern
5 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with making a profit, not just to break even. Giving away free eggs is not a smart thing to do.
@johnwolf1475
7 ай бұрын
take a course or find out what "economics of scale means" know it inside and out, upside doan and backwards. the corporations have it mastered where the back yard farmer cant make a profit unless selling a niche market. other than cleaner food- it aint worth it. no matter what you raise.
@littlefarmer1303
Жыл бұрын
We have close to 50 chickens, guinea fowls, ducks. Some of them are boys of course. We feed our birds with organic food only and we let our son to sell the extra eggs in the neighbourhood for years now. He can keep the money that he makes, as we don't do pocket money. Even if that money would be put back into feeding our chickens, we would still not make enough to feed them. Especially not in winter. We don't keep chickens because we want to make a profit. We do it because we enjoy keeping them, we enjoy their mega healthy, organic and free range eggs, we also enjoy their meat. We enjoy when the eggs are hatching. And we absolutely enjoy the fact that egg selling make our son to work and earn his little money since age 6. He delivers the eggs to his customers in the mornings, chats with the people and handles the money. Very good for him and the neighbourhood. It also makes us feel great to we know that our neighbours eat mega healthy and fresh eggs. Surely these amazing eggs helps them to stay healthy. 🤗🤗🤗 Keeping chickens is like the best ever stress relief, or like meditation. It is simply fantastic. So good for you. It is worth it, even if it does not make you rich.
@deborahelliott8460
Жыл бұрын
Well, if you have a flock of 32 hens and 8 roosters (40 total), you will end up with approx 30 eggs/day depending on the breed. For example, I don't expect a hen to lay an egg 365 days per year, due to molting, etc. However, great producers like ISA browns, or RIR do lay close to 300 eggs /year. Even those who lay around 270 eggs/yr are providing you almost an egg every 5 days/week or about 250 eggs /yr conservatively. Do I make a profit on eggs? No. I share with our church due to inflation to elderly folks, and those with kids. Its the right thing, even if feed increases, I am still provided for as they do chip in to help me with my needs as well. Its a win win.
@agomodern
5 ай бұрын
You're such a humanitarian.
@twinoaksfarmpoultry
Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the video. Informative, & very consistent with our experience, too! Thanks so much for a great & accurate video. God bless y'all!
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@edlauren9434
Жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you for the real insider’s view :). Eggs is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids, vit. B, lecithin, exceptional protein and many more very important nutrients for our body.
@DKB268
Жыл бұрын
From Google As a hen ages, the whites (or albumen) in their eggs naturally gets thinner, and since it's more difficult for the shell to encase a watery substance, the shell can end up with bumps and ridges. Heat stress can also cause a wrinkled egg surface, as can poor overall nutrition, or a defective shell gland
@issuesthatmatter2825
Жыл бұрын
Hatching chick's and selling them is a great way to make some extra cash.
@Fordgroup00
Жыл бұрын
We used to sell eggs, more hassle than it was worth. We ended up scrambling the extras and feeding them to our dogs
@DianaMaggard
Жыл бұрын
The egg is ribbed for her pleasure 😂 Thanks for the insight and all of the helpful information that you share! ❤
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
No problem Diana! Thank you for watching and commenting, we appreciate that a lot!
@MadRiverHomestead
Жыл бұрын
Okay I just literally laughed out loud
@KlubMila0124
Жыл бұрын
Bahahaha!!! This is GOLD, girl! 😆
@GingerBug838
Жыл бұрын
😂
@knotqueen2419
Жыл бұрын
Too silly.
@BloomAlbumProv1128
Жыл бұрын
Where do you get the music for your videos?
@pineyprepper2617
Жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing. Not your typical KZitem music. Lol. He probably pays for a subscription to a music library? It is much nicer
@BloomAlbumProv1128
Жыл бұрын
@@pineyprepper2617 yup totally it sounds really good and nice 👌 👍 😀
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
It’s called epidemic. Subscription service. It’s awesome so many great songs and beats
@chrismackey2832
Жыл бұрын
Finally getting some chickens this year, I eat about 8 every morning for breakfast so it gets pricey
@krasimirvalev4314
Жыл бұрын
It is that bumpy because the hen is low on calcium. If you give them calcium once a week it will be good for them.
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@dougadams9419
Жыл бұрын
Laws on selling your own chicken eggs vary by State. South Carolina. Eggs can be sold from the farm or place where they’re gathered without any further regulation. Eggs sold to other businesses or at locations other than where they’re produced, must be washed, graded, sized and properly labeled. An Egg License from the SC Department of Agriculture is required.
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
That is true!
@PaulLetterman-ey4qb
Жыл бұрын
Why do people watch this guy?
@envesful
Жыл бұрын
So chicken is not expensive at all, right now today a 50lbs bag of layer pellets is $20 scratch is $16. I have 30 layers right now that last me more than 2 months. Then breed of chicken, there are breeds that will net you 300 eggs a year per bird some more. This video is misleading. Obviously you’re not going to make a huge profit from 14 chickens that might give you six eggs a day. But if you have 25 birds each getting you 300 eggs a year that’s 625 dozen that’s $1875 a year, minus $300 for feed cost you have made 1500 reinvest that and start your business. Definitely profitable. And honestly in most places farm fresh eggs go for $5 a dozen.
@markho5627
Жыл бұрын
I disagree. First, it takes about 6 months for chicken to start laying. And they have about 2 good years of production. The main cost of chicken, as with most businesses, is human labor. At a minimum average, it would take 15 minutes per day to feed, collect eggs, maintenance, package, clean, sell,etc. So 15min/day x 365 days x $15 (minimum wage here) is about $1370. And when you factor in other overhead costs like the coop, run, cartons, etc.., you would be breaking even at best, but likely lost some money. Realistically, it would take at least 100 chickens to make any profit. But that would also include hatching and selling chicks, fertilized egg, and actually selling the chickens too.
@MS-ii1sv
2 ай бұрын
That's a lot of hassle for 1500 bucks.
@casiemarcel7762
Жыл бұрын
Ok! If anyone wants to cut the price of their chicken feed. Go dumper diving, grab the bags & dump it out. Separate cans and glass from paper. All them co workers throw so much scraps away. That’s how I feed my chickens & pigs. Dollar General, grocery stores throw outta date food away every single day. Dumpster trucks are gonna come pick all that up & bury it underground. So, why not go get it all to feed ur animals? You wanna see your chickens lay good all yr. Feed them scraps go dumpster diving get that food give it to them.
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
Those are great ideas!
@casiemarcel7762
Жыл бұрын
@@AcresOfAdventure my chickens lay great all yr round. No! I don’t get as many as I do the summer but it’s pretty dang close.
@randallcrawford4141
Жыл бұрын
Hi I'm getting breeding stock to cross breed good egg layers and hatch out some heritage breeds and cross them for a barn yard chicken....that will also be good free range breeds also .. i have rural property and plan on seeding meadows with forage foods berries grasses grains fruit and nuts and a vegetable garden for my family. And chicken's like black berries and green briar . .I also use wild edible plants that grow readily like lambs quarter.. a thorn patch area also gives them cover to hide from hawks ETC other seeds good to plant chicory , flax , chia ox eye daisy ,all heal and dames Rocket that's in the mustard family...some clover and alpha. But first to have something growing winter rye ...for the cold months...and some bug lights but low enough so they can clean and eat the bugs and have a photo switch to cut it off during the day ...also looking into raising crickets , soldiers fly's and meal worms and worms for composting and feed for the chickens use everything...put the maure from the chickens back into the soil and the number of chickens depends on what is needed to have a balanced eco system...so too many is not good and too little is not good so to gradually hatch and keep select laying hens is imperative to getting. The right balance and being profitable. .by growing the food you feed your chickens. Cutting and storing hay and grain for winter ...and improvising to find methods that work and are sustainable....like you did refeeding eggs to your flock .. now the strange shaped eggs I suspect are maybe in the diet but if only a few hens are laying those eggs could also be genetics and not use those to sell or hatch out those eggs less you want more hen's laying those kind of eggs... I've had some hens lay eggs with sharp bumps the sometimes would cause the hen's to bleed from these bumps...... This is why commerical laying breeds like the white leghorn have nice uniform eggs is they only hatch the hens eggs that are the best ..and the same when gathering seed to replant...or breeding livestock use only the best to propagate with ! Hope that info is helpful ,.wish me luck ! Happy Farming!
@screepster
Жыл бұрын
Where did you get your astroturff? What length is it?
@HectorGarcia-bu2ds
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been thinking of selling some of my chicken eggs recently but I’m definitely going to wait to buy more chickens. In the meantime I’ve been using the egg shells of eggs we used as fertilizer for all my plants and it’s great !
@alyssaguzman377
5 күн бұрын
Making your own chicken feed can save you a substantial amount of money, especially if you fermentation or even better SPROUT the grains and seed you're giving them! There's lots of videos about it.
@nogames8982
Жыл бұрын
Thank God my chickens malted a few weeks ago. It is 3° here tonight and there's snow on the ground. And it's going to be much colder the next couple days. I always feel bad for the chickens that are molting during the winter. I have to go out and collect eggs two or three times a day right now or they will freeze.
@JimmyJolly-d8v
8 күн бұрын
You probably need 150 to 300 chickens and get $4 to $5 a dozen to make money plus you need to replace layers after 2 yrs to keep your production up plus if you can grow your own corn oats wheat and soybeans as well as black oil sunflowers to feed them you could probably make a good profit especially if you use there manure to fertilize their feed
@chrisoliver6690
8 ай бұрын
As long as the money covers the feed and we have eggs for the family, I'm happy. Plus you get compost which is a big bonus.
@mikemacinnes6120
10 ай бұрын
I got 140 birds now with molt and time change I get 48ish large-jumbo eggs day. I sell for $5 dozen on large-jumbo. $3 on medium 18 packs. I sell out sometimes wife has no eggs. I go thru 50 pounds of food day. Time and materials to build coops. Oyster shells profit takes while. Plus egg cartons I buy online 500 at time comes out to .40 cents Sometimes I reuse cartons if I get them back. Good video brother
@Jimbob-zn6bl
Жыл бұрын
Fertile eggs are going for 25 to 35 dollars a dozen online. People wanting them to hatch🐣🐤
@agomodern
5 ай бұрын
Definitely more profit than selling eggs. Better yet, sell eggs to hatch and to eat. It's pretty crazy because you can wash fertile eggs and they won't hatch, then sell them to eat. You don't want to sell fertile eggs for the same price as eggs to eat.
@agomodern
5 ай бұрын
With your thumbnail, that's like $100 an egg. What's your secret?
@timothyhall963
Жыл бұрын
The bumpy eggs is from too much calcium in thier diet or over crowding and from what I can tell you don't have a overcrowding issue so check your feed it may have a higher calcium content.
@saltyintexas193
Жыл бұрын
Fermented feed is cost effective and beneficial for your flock for digestion
@anakaoka
11 ай бұрын
These eggs have a very rough, corrugated-looking surface. This happens during plumping, the process where nutrient rich fluids are pumped into membrane-covered eggs before the shell is laid over the shell membrane. When plumping is not controlled properly and terminates before the process is completed, corrugated eggs result. This abnormality is more common in older hens but can be seen in younger birds. Heat stress, salty water, poor nutrition, and mycotoxin contaminated diets all can cause corrugated eggs. Depending on the severity of the roughness in these eggs, they may be downgraded to Grade B because of eggshell quality.
@danielhurst8863
7 ай бұрын
Homestead chicken eggs are the most expensive eggs you will ever eat. You need to view them as pets, that give you eggs as an extra. To actually make money off of the eggs, after accounting for feed and cartons, you need around 200 eggs, and the ability to buy grain in bulk, and bring them back to your place. Then grind your own feed. You will not make anything more than some extra money, at a loss in terms of feed, by selling eggs from just a few chickens.
@markdecker2724
Жыл бұрын
Understanding you live in MIchigan. I live about 20 miles North of Flint. If you don't mind, could you tell me the area of Michigan you are in please?
@anakaoka
11 ай бұрын
Wrinkled Eggs These eggs appear to have ridges or wrinkled surfaces. Overcrowding, which results in stressed hens, can cause this abnormality. It also can be seen when a hen's shell gland is defective or if the flock has infectious bronchitis. Wrinkles can result in weakened shells.
@beachbum1523
Жыл бұрын
I paid $6.89 for 18 extra-large eggs at the grocery store last night. I sure wish I lived in the country, but down in these parts, (South Texas, (USA) San Antonio metro) we received less than 12' of rain last year.
@AcresOfAdventure
Жыл бұрын
That is just crazy!
@east928
Жыл бұрын
$8.29 for 18 eggs at Wal-Mart and those are not organic! (Virginia). Still building my coop, hope to finish soon.
@jamestomlin5525
Жыл бұрын
Damn dude, hit me up. I'm between uvalde and del rio. I've sold pretty well to folks in San antonio
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