I do not understand the mathematics behind the dilemma. I’m assuming only the firts chicks cost money, because down the line they will breed.
But feeding them, housing them - vitamins and doctoring costs a lot of money.
So anyone with couple or more chickens - how much does it cost to have them on the table? And realistically how many eggs do you get?
So about $30, rhank you for your answer!
To answer the rest of it, there are meat birds and egg layers. Meat birds grow fast and are ready to harvest in a few months. Egg layers produce more and larger eggs. We have a variety of egg layers, 9 hens and a rooster. We get between 5 and 8 eggs a day which is plenty for us.