A combination of inflation and avian flu spreading across the nation has created a near perfect storm for egg prices: the cost for some store brands has more than doubled in the past year.
: the cost for some store brands has more than doubled in the past year.
"The amount of money that you'll spent on feed, buying them a waterer, a secure coop and all of those things – you could have been buying the finest eggs that they have in any grocery store around," says a frank, and chicken owning Sandra Hanna of Cedar Hill."The coop? Just the materials cost us $800. I'm still paying off that coop! The expenses... not to mention the vet.
"This is 'Goldie'," she says scooping up a pampered pet,"of course, she's my favorite!" And as she continued to coo to the hen, said"I know, you're an expensive woman...." And the backyard set up shows it. Still, Hanna doesn't walk on eggshells when explaining what she calls 'the chicken math' – the real deal about the expenses involved in even small-scale backyard chicken farming.
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