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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

So fucking cheap! It's about 3+ SEK per egg in Sweden where I live.

[-] ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com 3 points 9 months ago

Do like I did and move out to the countryside, buy a vastly cheaper house with some land, work in IT so you can work remotely most days and get some hens. Spend far less on their feed than I did on eggs and I find home range eggs to be a very appreciated going away gift these days.

[-] bramblepatchmystery@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago

I remember seeing a youtube video that broke down the economics of eggs, and you need like 35 chickens before your economy of scale begins to compare to the price you pay at the grocery store.

I don't know if that figure was counting assumed labor on the part of the homesteader though.

[-] ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com 2 points 9 months ago

Probably since the feed price doesn't start scaling down until you order pretty extreme amounts. Well I guess if you also consider the capital expenditure of building the pen and buying the hens and then look at a 5 year ROI then you do need a few and the larger you build the cheaper it gets per hen, generally speaking.

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