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Question for chicken owners, out of curiosity: what do you think the ACTUAL price of a dozen eggs is from the backyard chickens?
Include: feed, enclosure/repairs, lost chickens from predators, vet visits, chicken retirement lodge, chicken sweaters and hats, etc etc? #chickens
@ai6yr I speak for the runner ducks. We have a flock of a dozen runner ducks. They are members of the gardening team. They are priceless contributors. They do pest control from caterpillars that eat the garden greens to mice in the coop. They are responsible for converting bedding to fertilized bedding. They also lay eggs. The duck chores keep us healthy. Laughing with the ducks is wonderful. The flock is all female. #compost, #ducksofmastoson, #minnesota, #growyourown.
@Pollinators How long do runner ducks lay/live? That's the one problem with chickens, they do great at rototiller duties off- season but not so much with veggie pests!
@ArtseaGardener Good afternoon runner duck curious Artsea. The book says eight to twelve years. They are a team. They are upset if a duck is out of sight. They do not scratch for food so the foraging is looking for caterpillars on plants and rooting in the garden bedding for slugs, etc. #ducksofmastoson.
@ArtseaGardener The book says they lay eggs for a few years. We are at year three with breaks in the coldest of winter and during the annual molt. #minnesota.
@Pollinators thank you for the info! I know duck eggs are larger & considered superior for baking. I never met anyone with them to ask questions!
@ArtseaGardener. The runner duck egg yolks are a bigger proportion of the egg.