Janet Tweedy wrote:
Do you really lose lots of money? i would have liked to rehome some
battery hens and run a few rare breeds alongside if possible.

I assumed he meant that you would lose money on the course (where you can
probably find all the content you need online or in books anyhow). Given
the price of our chicken run, I suspect we're still running slightly at a
loss, but with nearly 4 eggs a day and an outlay of ~200 pound, we're not
doing too badly. Neighbour is selling his eggs at a pound/half dozen at the
moment. We've never had enough to sell them (although we do get up to 30 in
a backlog now and then, but then I either visit my mum, or I make cakes)