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Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?

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310 points greenie_beans | 3 comments | 19 Feb 25 21:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.664s | source
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ezekg ◴[19 Feb 25 21:50 UTC] No.43108210[source]▶
Build vs buy. You can be me and build an in-house flock, pay $100/mo in feed, $500 for a livestock guard dog, $100/mo for dog food, $500 for a solar electric fence, and then $500 for a few coops, etc. It'll pay off before I'm dead, I think! -- right?

Right?!

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wakawaka28 ◴[20 Feb 25 03:00 UTC] No.43110584[source]▶
Electric fence? Chickens can fly, my man...
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GJim ◴[20 Feb 25 10:01 UTC] No.43112954[source]▶
Ummmm.... that is why you clip their wings.

(Though clipping one wing is more fun, that way they flap about in circles).

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1. wakawaka28 ◴[20 Feb 25 12:58 UTC] No.43114122[source]▶
Even if you clipped their wings in such a way as they couldn't fly anymore, they're still short and covered in feathers which are probably not conductive. The electric fence wouldn't work for many reasons. If you're sure they can't fly, you also don't need it.
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2. s3krit ◴[20 Feb 25 14:02 UTC] No.43114730[source]▶
The electric fence is for keeping foxes out, not chickens in
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3. wakawaka28 ◴[21 Feb 25 18:24 UTC] No.43131035[source]▶
That makes sense but idk how effective it is.