Ammon and I have decided to begin as a couple to try to be more self-sufficient. Some people do gardens, some people are seamstresses while others are canning fanatics. Well, while I do have ambitions to some day learn all of these useful skills, Ammon and I figured the best place for us to start would be with chickens!! Our neighborhood allows them and in fact, several of our neighbors have them. I eat at least two eggs a day, so that means a dozen a week. Eggs sell for an average of $1.50 a week. Plus if you add in any baking or if Ammon wants any, that's even more... so we did the math and we could spend the same amount on chickens and end up with even more eggs that we could share (plus these would be organic eggs, which go for $2.50 or more a dozen). Not to mention they will help with our tick and weed problem. So Thursday we bought 10 adorable chicks and Ammon has started construction on our coop which will be a transformed shed. I will have a post once everything is completed of course, but here's what we have so far!
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