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To figure out how many chickens you need, divide your target weekly eggs by 3 to 5, since that's what one hen lays per week. Want a dozen eggs? Get four to five chickens.
To figure out how many chickens you need, divide your target weekly eggs by 3 to 5, since that's what one hen lays per week. Want a dozen eggs? Get four to five chickens.
How many chickens do you need? Well, first figure out how many dozens of eggs you want to eat in a week. Let's go by dozens. You got 12 eggs. One chicken, let's say 3 to 5 eggs per week. So if you want a dozen eggs, that's 4 to 5 chickens, a dozen eggs a week.
If I had to start my Homestead all over again, it could only pick one animal… 
