/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17931051
>Does the coop cleaning take much time to do anyway?
no, about 5 minutes at most unless you waited for too long and the dung has been compacted on the floor, which makes it harder to remove
my floor is made of stone, so a shovel cleans it right away
the only real problem is that at the end of the day it's shit, and shit stinks...city people don't usually want to smell that
>Any other costs besides setting up the coop/fencing?
feeder and drinker if you want that, nothing else I can think of right now... I only spend money on grain sacks for the winter months
>I'd think you'd need to fill in some hay or similar.
you need some straw, but the "box" where they lay the eggs is pretty small (pic rel for example) so very little is needed and changing it once a year is more than enough if you keep it clean (remove shit when taking the eggs since they shit over the eggs sometimes)
I've seen people put sawdust, but I believe straw goes better

someday I would like to try chicken ovums. they literally shit these things out full of amniotic fluid which solidifies if heated. the the chicken hasn't been fucked it all goes to waste. if we're all gonna eat the bugs someday might as well go all-in and eat this gross shit too