One of the kids favorite chicks is Afro. She is the free rare bird that we got. She is called a pollock. She isn't the brightest of the bunch, but the kids like her. The chicks are two months old now. Come to find out, we have 27 of them. I ordered 25 and got one free and then 2 died. I don't know how we ended up with 27. They go through a lot of food. We seem to be buying a 50 pound bag of feed ($15) every two weeks. We like to let them out everyday to scavenge for bugs especially in the evenings.
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will the eggs make up for the cost in feed? lol! i'd love to have chickens. we're trying to decide if we can accomodate them in our tiny yard. afro is really cute!
I don't know, maybe in the long run it will be worth it financially. It makes it worth it for the quality of egg they will produce, hopefully! We think Afro is a rooster and if he is, we will probably have to get rid of him. Our neighbors would like being awaken by crowing.
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