What is the real cost of “free eggs”?

Cedar Hill, TX (CBSDFW.COM) “The combination of inflation and bird flu sweeping across the country has created almost the perfect storm for egg prices: The value of some brands has more than doubled over the past year.

Now frustrated buyers are getting creative – some are even trying to get laying chicks in their backyard. But is it really cost savings?

“The amount of money you’ll spend on feed by buying them a drinker and a safe chicken coop and all that – you could buy the best eggs they have at any grocery store,” says Frank, and chicken owner Sandra Hanna of Cedar -Hill. “A chicken coop? The materials alone cost us $800. I’m still paying off the chicken coop! Expenses… not to mention the vet.”

Hanna and her husband Bill own Cluckin-Better Farm Fresh Eggs. But the retired photographer admits that her backyard chicken farm really started out as a hobby. She was given two chickens as a Christmas present for one year, and then she was hooked.

“This is Goldie,” she says, picking up a pampered pet, “of course, she is my favorite!” And while she continued to coo to the hen, she said, “I know you are a dear woman…” And the yard arranged shows it.

Everything about Hannah’s backyard chicken coop was built with intent—from the crepe myrtles to the metal cage to help protect them from predators—and then there’s this expensive chicken coop.

However, Hannah doesn’t step on eggshells when she explains what she calls “chicken math” – the real deal about the costs involved with even a small backyard chicken farm.

With a 20% increase in the price of feed, she says, even when they can sell an extra egg, “sometimes in a good month the feed pays off.”

In winter, due to the lack of sunlight, chickens do not lay eggs. “They’re on vacation,” Hannah explains. But they still need to be fed.

Then comes the cleaning and care of the chicken coop.

For her, this is worth a lot, but perhaps a warning to others.

“As a retiree, you wake up every morning with something you need to do…your chickens love you for what you do and they give you eggs as gifts. I think it’s a win-win,” says Hannah. .

But.

“Oh, forget the profit. Just forget about it. If you just want some eggs, buy good store-bought pasture-raised eggs for $7-8. You will save a lot more money than trying to feed, care for and maintain chickens.”

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