[quote=CardiffBaseball]How many chickens does it take for a dozen eggs every 48 hours?

Since going all-meat ala Gary Taubes, I’ve developed real love for Eggs especially fried in butter. Yummy. I feel like a damn savage I am salivating so much for the eggs as they come off the burner.[/quote]

I have eight Rhode Island Reds and some days get six eggs, but on average it is closer to 5. 10 or so in 48 hours is about right. They are supposed to slow down in the winter so it might go up a bit. This small flock just came into laying. They were hatched in June. 300 eggs per bird per year is possible.Right now mine are on pace for 228 per year.

If I remember right, it cost about $100 in chick feed to raise all of them to laying age and now it costs about $1.30 per dozen eggs for layer food. Lots of people feed them table scraps and get fine eggs so the cost could be lower. They poop about 45 pounds of manure per year,which to an avid gardener has considerable value. Here we rot the manure in the compost pile before using it in the garden.