Book 1 of the Cost Per series
Cost Per Egg
A Backyard Chicken Log for People Who Could Have Just Bought Eggs
Every chicken keeper has been asked whether the eggs are “basically free.” This is the book that lets you answer with a number.
Coming soon on Amazon Use the free calculator
6 × 9 in · 108 pages · paperback · black-and-white interior
What’s inside
- A Startup Sheet for the coop, the run, the chicks, and the hardware cloth that cost more than the coop
- 50 full-page expense entries with Who Was It For? (The chickens / Me / The neighbours’ opinion)
- Twelve daily egg logs and twelve Monthly Cost Per Egg Reports, this month and lifetime, with the store price next to it
- A Flock Roster with a status and crimes line for every hen, a Chicken Math Register, Health Log, Coop & Predator Log, Egg Ledger, Brooder Log, and Feed Price Tracker
- Things I Have Said to Justify the Chickens, and a Coop Dictionary
Who it’s for
Backyard flocks, homestead flocks, urban coops, and anyone who said “just three hens” and now has eleven. A gift for birthdays, Christmas, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, and the day the first invoice arrives.
The Cost Per Egg calculator
Scanned the code in the book? You’re in the right place. Enter the coop, the chicks, the feed, and the eggs. It gives you cost per egg this month and lifetime, the store comparison, and how many eggs you need before the flock breaks even.
Use the online calculator Google Sheets version coming soon Download for Excel (.xlsx)
The online version runs in your browser and saves there. The spreadsheets are formulas only, no macros; the Google Sheets link makes your own copy.
