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From: Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Need eggs? Rent a chicken.
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 21:56:11 +1100
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:46:00 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

>On 2025-02-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 03:16:52 -0500, Jill McQuown
>><j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2/16/2025 1:00 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 4:19:33 +0000, Ed P wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>
>>>>> A local farmers is offering chicken rentals. You get two chickens, ready
>>>>> to lay for 6 months.  The cost is $500.  They say you can expect about a
>>>>> dozen a week.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fresh eggs for six months at about $20 a dozen.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> $500 for two chickens???  Those must be prize laying hens.
>>>> Will this fee include food and some sort of shelter for
>>>> these chickens??
>>>
>>>Some people will be stupid enough to fall for it without giving the 
>>>expense any thought.
>>
>> 2 chickens for 500USD is ridiculous. We paid around 15USD for
>> vaccinated chickens that were about to start laying. This is 8 years
>> ago or so.
>
>You can buy chickens pretty cheaply here.  One listing cites
>$30 for 18-week-old layers and $16 for one-year-olds.  (That
>doesn't make sense to me, but I don't know doodley about chickens.)
>
>In a couple of months, I'll be able to go to the Tractor Supply
>store and buy chicks.  If I wanted to, which I don't.  I'm quite
>satisfied to pay $5.50 for a dozen eggs and not have to deal with
>things that crap.

City people.

>Here's what your $500 rental package gets you:
>
>2025 Standard Rental Package - $495
>Rentals available: April - October or May - November
>Delivery, setup, and pick-up of the contents
>2 Rent The Chicken Egg-Laying Hens
>8-14 eggs per week
>1 Standard Chicken Coop that can be easily moved
>1 Custom Rent The Chicken Food dish
>1 Water dish
>100 pounds of Chicken Feed (optional non-gmo feed available for $105 more)
>Quick guide for taking care of your Rent The Chickens
>A copy of "Fresh Eggs Daily" by Lisa Steele
>
>https://www.rentthechicken.com/p/detroit-ann-arbor-and-surrounding-areas.html

Ok, so it's more than just the chickens. But the whole idea of renting
a chicken is weird to me. It's all very wanky.

-- 
Bruce
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