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Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?

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310 points greenie_beans | 1 comments | 19 Feb 25 21:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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. randdusing ◴[20 Feb 25 18:31 UTC] No.43118299[source]▶
Even without clipped wings, my chickens only try flying over the electric netting/fencing when my livestock guardian dog gets a bit too "playful".