Re: Need eggs? Rent a chicken.

On 2025-02-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:46:00 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
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On 2025-02-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 03:16:52 -0500, Jill McQuown
<j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
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On 2/16/2025 1:00 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 4:19:33 +0000, Ed P wrote:
 

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A local farmers is offering chicken rentals. You get two chickens, ready
to lay for 6 months.  The cost is $500.  They say you can expect about a
dozen a week.
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Fresh eggs for six months at about $20 a dozen.
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$500 for two chickens???  Those must be prize laying hens.
Will this fee include food and some sort of shelter for
these chickens??

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Some people will be stupid enough to fall for it without giving the
expense any thought.

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2 chickens for 500USD is ridiculous. We paid around 15USD for
vaccinated chickens that were about to start laying. This is 8 years
ago or so.

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You can buy chickens pretty cheaply here.  One listing cites
$30 for 18-week-old layers and $16 for one-year-olds.  (That
doesn't make sense to me, but I don't know doodley about chickens.)
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In a couple of months, I'll be able to go to the Tractor Supply
store and buy chicks.  If I wanted to, which I don't.  I'm quite
satisfied to pay $5.50 for a dozen eggs and not have to deal with
things that crap.

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City people.

I don't have dogs or cats, either, which many city people like.

Here's what your $500 rental package gets you:
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2025 Standard Rental Package - $495
Rentals available: April - October or May - November
Delivery, setup, and pick-up of the contents
2 Rent The Chicken Egg-Laying Hens
8-14 eggs per week
1 Standard Chicken Coop that can be easily moved
1 Custom Rent The Chicken Food dish
1 Water dish
100 pounds of Chicken Feed (optional non-gmo feed available for $105 more)
Quick guide for taking care of your Rent The Chickens
A copy of "Fresh Eggs Daily" by Lisa Steele
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https://www.rentthechicken.com/p/detroit-ann-arbor-and-surrounding-areas.html

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Ok, so it's more than just the chickens. But the whole idea of renting
a chicken is weird to me. It's all very wanky.

I think it's for people who don't want to think about what happens
to layers when they reach the end of their productive years.

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Cindy Hamilton