Re: Need eggs? Rent a chicken.

On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:46:00 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

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On 2/16/2025 1:00 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

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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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$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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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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Well, at least you'd be getting something besides two
hens, but still seems awfully steep to me.
My yard is not fenced so no telling where those hens
would wander to plus the danger of dogs or owls killing
those birds.  Kroger supplies my egg needs.