Re: Need eggs? Rent a chicken.

On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:52:53 +0000, BryanGSimmons wrote:

On 2/16/2025 7:57 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

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.

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

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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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Mmmm.  Chicken.  I'm glad there are folks who like boneless skinless
chicken breast.  See why?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KwFdhpXfGofMAtxKzCVmyxYjhKxGU7bJ/view?usp=drive_link
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Chickarones.

My guess is those chickens might not be so tender and tasty after
squeezing out all those eggs. They'd probably be okay for Banquet
Chicken Pot Pies though. The farmer should offer an amnesty program for
the chickens. At the end of 6 months, you can purchase the chickens
outright for about 100 bucks. The sales pitch could be "Buy these
chickens or we'll kill them!"
I got some eggs at Costco the other day it was less than $7/18. It's
pretty much the best deal I'm going to find around here.