Cinco de Mayo, May 5th, is an American holiday based on a Mexican military victory over the French. As such, it is not much of a holiday, but a reason nonetheless to drink beer and eat Tex-Mex food, which is also not Mexican.
As if anyone needed a reason to drink beer and eat Tex-Mex. It was a busy weekend, and I'm doing as little as possible today.
A buddy came by, asking about chicken coops. His wife has some chickens, and she's not educated in the poultry production game. A quick search, and I came up with this, from Tractor Supply. Not bad for less than $100.
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What is odd, is even the Mexicans don't celebrate it!
Yeah, Cinco de Mayo becoming a beer and tequila fest in the US is on an order of absurd. But so be it. Rasing chickens for eggs by the average person is more of an expensive hobby then a money saver.
The link tells me it costs $900 here in the Phoenix Metro Area. I have built one for 4 hens out of PVC pipe, chicken wire, 2x4 wire fencing, and a Rubbermaid tote for a nesting box for a whole lot less. By the way, you need the 2 layers of fencing to keep the neighborhood dogs from killing your chickens. It's light enough to move around the yard to keep the chicken on fresh grass and the smell down.
"Rasing chickens for eggs by the average person is more of an expensive hobby then a money saver."
That's true as far as it goes. Industrialized, mass producers can always undercut the prices of small scale producers for pretty much anything.
But what you get for your money and effort is the independence and self-reliance of providing for yourself. That's why the chicken coop is usually not too far from the garden.
Besides: It's great that you can just run down to the grocery store and buy a dozen eggs when you need them.
Right up until you can't.
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