I do not understand the mathematics behind the dilemma. I’m assuming only the firts chicks cost money, because down the line they will breed.
But feeding them, housing them - vitamins and doctoring costs a lot of money.
So anyone with couple or more chickens - how much does it cost to have them on the table? And realistically how many eggs do you get?
Buy fertilized eggs and incubate them. Let them scratch through your compost and eat the grubs. Don’t worry about the economics unless you’re starting a factory farm.
Hmm, I didn’t even think about buying fertilized eggs!
Thank you for the info (that they exist and it is friggin logical for this market to exist)