I have 3 free range scrambled for dinner everyday with chives so 21 a week (sounds a lot :shock
.I think I should get some chickens of my own :lol:
Just started reading this thread so forgive me if this has been said before.
I got some chickens after I was diagnosed so that I could have real free range eggs as many of those you get which are labelled as such really aren't what one would think of as free range and many are sprayed with chemicals to stops pests, infections etc. I was looking on line for chickens for sale and came across the British Hen Welfare Trust and got myself some ex battery hens. They were in an appalling state when I got them, I really didn't think two of the four would make it! I christened one of them "oven ready" (no feathers) and one Ruby (not many feathers and covered in blood). Within just over a month they were happy, healthy chickens. One never gave me any eggs but the other 3 were prolific layers for several years giving me huge brown eggs.
I have had three lots of ex bats over the years and am now down to one who had gone broody and wasn't laying, plus my "posh"hens which I was given; three Appenzeler Spitzhauben (pretty black and white chickens) and 3 Brahama crosses
I am getting two more ex bats next Sunday and the thought of that seems to have frightened my broody hen into laying again; maybe she heard my son say he would get rid of her for me: I don't think so, she had earned her retirement. I have two eggs every morning for breakfast and I keep my son's family supplied (his daughter is a vegetarian) and give the surplus to friends.
Anyone wanting chickens you can't do better for friendly hens who lay huge brown eggs than ex battery hens.