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  • Flax@feddit.uk
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    1 month ago

    In America, just buy a load of chickens and do this with eggs.

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      1 month ago

      Silly goose, everyone knows shrimp is much more valuable than eg–

      Heavens to betsy, you’re right

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      I’ve looked into it, unless there’s a bird flu epidemic, you’re not going to be profitable. It’s literally more expensive for me to raise chickens than buy eggs from across the company.

      So I guess the solution is to spread bird flu?

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          That depends on the value you’re looking to get out of it.

          As pets? Not too bad, and they’re a lot of fun.

          As food? Feed costs money, you need to clean out the coop, depending on where you live you’ll need to protect them (e.g. coyotes, etc), etc. There’s a fair amount of work, such that I estimate it costs quite a bit more than commercially farmed chickens. They do taste better than store bought, but it’s hard to put a number on that.