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.
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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.