I'm thinking about bringing up the argument with my wife again about having some chickens for eggs. I have never had chickens in my life. My wife has never had chickens in her life, and is more of a subdivision type.
We've got three kids and it'd be nice to have a steady supply of good healthy eggs for our own consumption. We're on a couple acres so we don't have to worry about any covenants or association restrictions. It'd just be a matter of getting all the stuff for the birds. My main goal isn't to just save money on it, and for the time and trouble I'd rather just buy a whole package of coop, water feeders, birds etc all at once.
How much work and time should I really expect to have to put into this? I'm assuming once everything is setup it'd just be a matter of feeding birds, collecting eggs, and cleaning out the coop every once in a while. What advice would you give someone starting out or thinking about it?
We've got three kids and it'd be nice to have a steady supply of good healthy eggs for our own consumption. We're on a couple acres so we don't have to worry about any covenants or association restrictions. It'd just be a matter of getting all the stuff for the birds. My main goal isn't to just save money on it, and for the time and trouble I'd rather just buy a whole package of coop, water feeders, birds etc all at once.
How much work and time should I really expect to have to put into this? I'm assuming once everything is setup it'd just be a matter of feeding birds, collecting eggs, and cleaning out the coop every once in a while. What advice would you give someone starting out or thinking about it?