Eggs

thetravelfairy

su4stu wrote: »

I don't smoke, drink and try and limit my chocolate intake. I do think that free range eggs are expensive, however. I am on a very tight budget at the moment and there are no farms nearby that sell eggs, or I would buy them in a flash. But as I said from an animal welfare point of view, I only buy free range!

I don't drink or smoke either....and I don't limit my chocolate intake either but at £3 for 12 eggs if that's what they are it's 25p! what can you get for 25p these days thats nutritious and delicious....boiled egg and soilders yum yum:rotfl:

donna-j_2

Exactly, a quid or so a box for what you can get from them is hardly expensive.

Ironside

Unfortunately I cannot keep chickens in my urban garden, and only see dairy farms in this area of Devon.

But in my local Sainsburys' this morning, a box of 15 Family Free Range Eggs (eggs of different sizes) costs £2.00

I would say the box I bought are are medium to large in size - certainly no tiddlers.

Agree not as good as laid by your own chicks or from the farm gate, but many people do not have that option.

pinkcandyflossprincess

you can also try your local trader shops who sometimes deal with farms for their eggs- i know mine do, the same as when i lived in devon. mine sells milk and eggs cheaper than sainsburys and are from local farms.

kazire

I have 3 lovely chickens which due to current work comitments i am now having to think of rehoming which i am very sad about they have stopped laying for the winter and dont know if many people would be up for taking them on whats the consensus on this?

GingerNic

Oh no! What a shame!
I'm sure you'll be able to rehome them, they're fairly popular at the moment, least they are in my area.
I'd take them but I a) probably live 900000 miles away (I live in a tiny village!) b) would have to ask family before I added to our flock!

Maybe post an ad in your local newsagents/paper see if there's any interest?

kazire

obviously id be giving them away with their home i know i need to charge something but i havent a clue how much

GingerNic

Check eBay for rough prices of secondhand bits and pieces?

jamsandwhich

kazire wrote: »

I have 3 lovely chickens which due to current work comitments i am now having to think of rehoming which i am very sad about they have stopped laying for the winter and dont know if many people would be up for taking them on whats the consensus on this?

I am sure there are lots of people willing to take them off you - I would also think that as they have stopped laying for the winter you would only get serious people interested so more likely to go to a good home as they would know the score ? I am not saying all first time chicken keepers are doing it on a whim, I was one only four months ago!!

How big is the house/run - if they are only in a house and you let them out is it possible to build them a run and then you could keep them? Our hens don't get let out at all one day a week as we are both out all day and sometimes they only get an hour or so a day and they are always happy.

If they are young hens and the home is good condition I would say £50-£100 as a rough guess?

I would have expected ours to stop laying too but we still get one egg a day off each of them.

GingerNic

If they are older chickens you might have better luck rehoming separately from their house/run & bits to folk who already own chickens.
Then sell their bits on eBay (or similar) as a secondhand 'starter kit'. Everything to get you going, just add chickens!