Mama, can we have chickens?
Reason #1
They're super cute
Reason #2
They eat all the bad bugs
According to an article on the website
My Pet Chicken
,
chickens eat many pest insects such as:
Mozzies
Ticks
Fleas
Reason #3
They're green!
Chickens eat food scraps, which:
Reduces our carbon footprint
Saves landfill space
Reduces rubbish costs
Reason #4
They $ave us
ton$
of money.
We consume
two dozen
eggs per week. This means:
Two chickens laying two eggs per day = 14 per week
At $9.00 per dozen, this saves:
$20 per fortnight
$80 per month
$1,000 per year
$5,000 over five years (the average lifespan of a chicken)
Reason #5
It's a good
responsibility
for the boys.
Over Christmas, we learned that the boys were
quite good
at this!
They took to their jobs quickly
They were caring and kind
They tidied up their messes
Reason #6
They do our
weeding
!
Chickens eat
everything
on the ground
! This saves us:
Hours and hours of landscaping
Hundreds of dollars in landscaper fees
Getting one of those stupid weedeaters that Dada will just break.
Reason #7
You can put them in
clothes
and it's really cute.
I mean,
come on
.
But you have concerns...
We don't have
room
for them!
According to
numerous
chicken articles we read, this is a
myth
!
Many people raise chickens in the city
Chickens do
not
need grass
They are not loud and smelly
How much will this
cost
?!
Chicken coops start at
under $200
.
Numerous options available on TradeMe
Even cheaper if Dada does some DIY!
Chicken feed is around $2.00 / kg.
They pay for themselves in just
three months
.
What about
Rocco
?
Yeah, this would probably be
annoying
.
In closing...
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