I'll leave it to one of y'all to start a 2021 thread.
Never done this before but I started keeping an egg count from the last time I bought feed. Can figure out after a while what we're paying for eggs around here. Not that it matters really, just out of curiosity. It's really not about the price of eggs.
Spent $52.93 on chicken stuff 12/26/2020. We'll see how it goes.
Common for them to slow down in winter, cooler weather, shorter days, etc. but still getting a dozen a week or real close to it from 4 birds. That'll pick up again in a couple months.
There is cheaper feed out there but I get them some mixed bird seed for variety, some dried mealworms for treats, and pelletized commercial feed that's all non-gmo, antibiotic-free, all organic, blessed by a Hindu rabbi, and made from the blood of free-range virgins in the year of the rat while Aquarius is in the 7th house.
The eggs themselves are great, rich and flavorful. I just don't know what they cost. The plain cheap commercial ones from the store are pale and bland by comparison. Would have to get the expensive, certified organic, etc. ones to have something comparable so using that price as a yardstick I'm probably doing alright.
Paid $13 each for these birds but they weren't baby chicks. Mostly grown and started laying 1-1/2 to 2 months after purchase.
Doubt I have more than $100 into the setup if that. Mostly things like screws, staples, hinges, etc. All the wood and wire was free/scrounged/jobsite leftovers, etc. Certainly no more than $150 counting heat lamps and whatever odds and ends I've forgotten about.
