Comments on: How to Pay Too Much for Home Grown Eggs http://www.livingoffgrid.org/how-to-pay-too-much-for-home-grown-eggs/ Info for Off Grid Homes Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:44:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jan http://www.livingoffgrid.org/how-to-pay-too-much-for-home-grown-eggs/comment-page-1/#comment-29433 Jan Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:51:57 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=171#comment-29433 Hello, if anyone is selling a cheap Egluand run etc in NOrth Essex, please email me. Thank you. Hello, if anyone is selling a cheap Egluand run etc in NOrth Essex, please email me.
Thank you.

]]> By: cairstine http://www.livingoffgrid.org/how-to-pay-too-much-for-home-grown-eggs/comment-page-1/#comment-28393 cairstine Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:55:25 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=171#comment-28393 I have an Eglu cube. Yes the initial purchase price is high but it has saved me so much time compared to a wooden coop that it has worked out to be worth it. Your calculations on price didn't include an allowance for your time. Maybe you have a lot of free time but as a busy Mum my time is precious. The Cube can be easily jet washed and scrubbed and you know it is completely clean. Not like wooden coops that can be a real pain. Oh and all the comments about not being warm enough are unfounded. The double skinned plastic kept my girls warm all winter, even in the snow. I highly recommend the Eglu if you value your time. I have an Eglu cube. Yes the initial purchase price is high but it has saved me so much time compared to a wooden coop that it has worked out to be worth it. Your calculations on price didn’t include an allowance for your time. Maybe you have a lot of free time but as a busy Mum my time is precious.
The Cube can be easily jet washed and scrubbed and you know it is completely clean. Not like wooden coops that can be a real pain.
Oh and all the comments about not being warm enough are unfounded. The double skinned plastic kept my girls warm all winter, even in the snow.
I highly recommend the Eglu if you value your time.

]]> By: Amy http://www.livingoffgrid.org/how-to-pay-too-much-for-home-grown-eggs/comment-page-1/#comment-23454 Amy Sat, 29 May 2010 17:41:19 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=171#comment-23454 Anna's post just above mine is so true ;-) Anna’s post just above mine is so true ;-)

]]> By: Amy http://www.livingoffgrid.org/how-to-pay-too-much-for-home-grown-eggs/comment-page-1/#comment-23453 Amy Sat, 29 May 2010 17:40:04 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=171#comment-23453 Yes, the Eglu is crazy expensive. But I am seriously considering paying the price. I can't get my husband or live-in brother-in-law to commit to helping me build something really nice for my Seramas. Maybe once I spend MY money for something really nice for my babies, they'll take me seriously next time I ask for help. My chickens obviously aren't just for eggs, since Serama eggs are so tiny. My birds are my mental health therapy, awesome pets and my Autistic son's favorite of all our pets. So, IMO, I can't put a price on any of these purposes for my babies. Yes, the Eglu is crazy expensive. But I am seriously considering paying the price. I can’t get my husband or live-in brother-in-law to commit to helping me build something really nice for my Seramas. Maybe once I spend MY money for something really nice for my babies, they’ll take me seriously next time I ask for help.

My chickens obviously aren’t just for eggs, since Serama eggs are so tiny. My birds are my mental health therapy, awesome pets and my Autistic son’s favorite of all our pets. So, IMO, I can’t put a price on any of these purposes for my babies.

]]> By: Anna http://www.livingoffgrid.org/how-to-pay-too-much-for-home-grown-eggs/comment-page-1/#comment-23402 Anna Fri, 28 May 2010 21:11:27 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=171#comment-23402 Yeah, Eglus are expensive...but so are any other "pets". Just look at how much owning a DOG costs: * The dog: Free to $3000 * The license: $50/yr * The special dog food: $50-150/mo * The toys: $300/yr * The vet/vaccination fees: $350/yr * The spay/neuter fees: $400 * The leashes, collars, beds and other accessories: $500-2000 AND NO EGGS...just barking and s++ alll over the yard :) Yeah, Eglus are expensive…but so are any other “pets”. Just look at how much owning a DOG costs:

* The dog: Free to $3000
* The license: $50/yr
* The special dog food: $50-150/mo
* The toys: $300/yr
* The vet/vaccination fees: $350/yr
* The spay/neuter fees: $400
* The leashes, collars, beds and other accessories: $500-2000

AND NO EGGS…just barking and s++ alll over the yard :)

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