We got our 100th egg this morning.
The one on the left is the 100th egg, the one on the right is the 1st. At this point our eggs appear to be roughly the size of a "Medium" egg you'd get from the store
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Century Egg
We got our 100th egg this morning.
The one on the left is the 100th egg, the one on the right is the 1st. At this point our eggs appear to be roughly the size of a "Medium" egg you'd get from the store
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Eggonomics
We just finished out first 50lb bag of chicken feed. To date, we've collected 92 good eggs, and had 5 bad eggs laid. 97 total. So if you'll allow me a little creative license, assume that the last bit of food from bag #1 went into the feeder today, and that will provide us with 3 eggs tomorrow. Which means egg-actly 100 eggs from a 50 lb bag of food.
So if you assume $18 for a bag of chicken feed, and label every other costs as fixed, our ongoing cost for an egg is $0.18, or $2.16/dozen. Not bad, though it does require that you ignore startup costs, and peg our labour at $0/hour.
| What | Cost |
|---|---|
| Coop | $250.00 |
| Feeder | $20.00 |
| Food (50lb) | $13.00 |
| Oyster Shells (50lb) | $15.00 |
| Hens (3) | $23.16 |
| Food buckets | $16.00 |
| Pickle Jar for Water | $5.00 |
| Shavings container | $6.00 |
| Food (50lb) | $18.00 |
| Total | $366.16 |
So if you assume $18 for a bag of chicken feed, and label every other costs as fixed, our ongoing cost for an egg is $0.18, or $2.16/dozen. Not bad, though it does require that you ignore startup costs, and peg our labour at $0/hour.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Our Summer Vacation
What did we do? We raced slugs!
Our slug, Emma, came in 5th. A very poor showing.
Our slug, Emma, came in 5th. A very poor showing.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Smash and toys
So my friend bought a Nokia 810, which is just made to live blog stuff like: his fender bender.
No one was hurt, and it was all the other guys fault.
This toy is very cool.
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