I COMPARED 11 CHICKEN BREEDS — Only 3 Are Worth Your Money

📗 Get My Complete Poultry Guides Here: https://angusdouglaspoultry.com/ 🔗 Keep Your Feed Bill Down With My Poultry Guides: https://angusdouglaspoultry.com When you're stood in front of a tray of chicks in spring, you're not just picking a bird. You're deciding what every egg will cost you for the next six or eight years. In this video I go through 11 of the most popular chicken breeds and judge every one the same way — eggs a year, feed eaten, and how many good years she gives you back. I show you the sums on the back of an envelope, using a 50lb bag of layer feed at $15 to $25, and why one hen can cost you $1.50 a dozen while another costs double on the same feed. I also cover the meat bird people buy by mistake every spring, why the prettiest hen on my croft is the most expensive egg I own, and the one question to ask a hatchery that matters more than the breed name on the card. Then the three breeds I'd actually spend my money on, and the three things that make every hen lay worse no matter what you choose. If you keep a few hens in the backyard and the feed bill is creeping up, this one's for you. CHAPTERS: 00:00 – Two Hens, Two Very Different Costs 01:31 – How I Judge A Breed 02:44 – Eggs, Feed And Good Years 03:48 – The Cost Per Dozen Sums 04:25 – #11 The Silkie 05:43 – #10 The Polish 06:39 – #9 The Cochin 07:21 – #8 The Brahma 08:21 – #7 The Cornish Cross Mistake 09:33 – #6 The Marans 10:18 – #5 The Easter Egger 11:30 – #4 The Leghorn 12:43 – #3 The Rhode Island Red 13:39 – #2 The Red Sex Link 14:43 – Warning Signs In Older Hybrids 15:34 – #1 The Australorp 17:04 – Orpingtons, Rocks And Sussex 17:24 – Show Lines Versus Laying Lines 18:34 – The Moult And Protein 19:19 – Daylight And Winter Laying 19:53 – Why Scratch Grain Costs You 20:32 – The Full List Recap 21:25 – Your Homework 22:04 – My Guides And Final Word #ChickenBreeds #BackyardChickens #LayingHens #Australorp #RhodeIslandRed #RedSexLink #ChickenKeeping #EggLayers #Homesteading #PoultryTips