Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Chicken collective within cohousing community

[John Beutler (jabeutler]

At Liberty Village Cohousing in Libertytown, MD we have a chicken club which 
maintains the Chicken Palace. There are three adult members who share costs on 
a semiannual basis. We sell extra eggs in the common house. This defrays some 
of the feed costs. We have not attempted to amortize the construction cost of 
the Palace, which I bore, before there was a club, and which was about $1800 of 
materials.

Cheers

John Beutler

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On May 22, 2013, at 9:25 AM, "David Entin" <davidentin [at] comcast.net> wrote:

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> Some of us at Rocky Hill CoHousing own and tend to a flock of chickens.
> There were initial start-up costs and then the ongoing costs of feed, hay
> and other supplies. Members each take a week to care for the chickens and
> harvest the eggs. We have coop clean-out days twice a year. We have a paying
> structure for members who buy in--they buy out those who drop out that takes
> the deprecating value of the coop and run into account.
> 
> It sounds good, but we are wondering if others have a chicken collective and
> how you work the financing. Some members are reluctant to buy in due to the
> cost of reimbursing past members for the start-up costs. Thanks for your
> comments and suggestions!
> 
> Susan Galereaves, Rocky Hill Cohousing, Northampton, MA
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