I think your estimate of 700 to get started raising chickens is a little ridiculous and will make people think it is too expensive. I am an old redneck, but using things I had laying around the house I was able to get set up for less than 100 bucks. It ain't the Ritz, but the chickens don't care. Got a 10 x 10 house which was already there but about to fall down, with a 2 foot by 4 foot box on legs I put inside of it for their sleeping place. A 15 x 10 foot outside run as well, with a chicken wire net over the top f it to keep the hawks out. Anybody with just a little bit of skill can build something to get started out of scrap wood you see everywhere (like dumpsters and peoples front yard), a $35 roll of chicken wire, and make some post out of small trees. If you want to keep chickens, you can start as cheaply as you want to. Don't let this article make you thing your gonna have to fork out a grand to keep a few chickens,.
I think your estimate of 700 to get started raising chickens is a little ridiculous and will make people think it is too expensive. I am an old redneck, but using things I had laying around the house I was able to get set up for less than 100 bucks. It ain't the Ritz, but the chickens don't care. Got a 10 x 10 house which was already there but about to fall down, with a 2 foot by 4 foot box on legs I put inside of it for their sleeping place. A 15 x 10 foot outside run as well, with a chicken wire net over the top f it to keep the hawks out. Anybody with just a little bit of skill can build something to get started out of scrap wood you see everywhere (like dumpsters and peoples front yard), a $35 roll of chicken wire, and make some post out of small trees. If you want to keep chickens, you can start as cheaply as you want to. Don't let this article make you thing your gonna have to fork out a grand to keep a few chickens,.