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The £60 egg
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:32 pm
by Big Al
My neighbours boys found something that their whippet was chasing a few months ago. It went to another neighbour then to me. It was a chicken of about 6 weeks old so I built a coup, bought another chicken for company, bought food and equipment etc so the outlay is now about £60 in total.
This second chicken was a goldline and POL...... 3 months on and no eggs whilst the "free" hen gave me this one two days ago.
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Thus the £60 egg.
Since then another egg yesterday and hopefully one more today. So now the egg is only worth £20 but it's been fun.
BA
Re: The £60 egg
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:58 pm
by Millymollymandy
You better bloody enjoy it then!!!
Re: The £60 egg
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:16 pm
by pops
you'd think for the rescue, room & board and company provided she could have wiped it for you first! chickens today have no manners...
Re: The £60 egg
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:00 pm
by okra
Re: The £60 egg
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:07 pm
by Big Al
Henrietta has now dropped 4 eggs in 5 days... lazy blighter so that egg is now worth £15 ......
Re: The £60 egg
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:53 pm
by cocobelle
Hilarious, great story. Yo will appreciate every last one of her eggs. :)
Re: The £60 egg
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:30 pm
by Big Al
cocobelle wrote:Hilarious, great story. Yo will appreciate every last one of her eggs. :)
Since my last post we have now had a total of 55 eggs from both of the girls. What with the food we have in stock now the coswt to date is now £1.24 per egg
If we get another 50 eggs in march then that cost per egg will drop to 65 pence per egg but it just shows that the set up costs can be alarming. I knocked together a small 2 bird coup but the new one will be a lot larger and for material costs it will be about £70 then there will be the rest of the birds at £10 each x14 =£140 if I go pol or £16 if I go day old.
Still the eggs are really lovely and the neighbour [ who started this all off] seem happy with the taste of his first egg..