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> Sarkisian had spent $23,000 building a chicken coop and a privacy fence

That’s for six chickens. They must lay golden eggs for that to pay off.

It's generally more of a little hobby for people than an attempt to actually save money.

It's also a culinary thing. I grow my own vegetables because they taste much better than what's in the store. Chickens raised in a small-scale chicken coop environment tend to taste much better than those raised in factory conditions.

Chickens raised in a small-scale chicken coop environment tend to taste much better than those raised in factory conditions.

Sure, but chickens raised in a small-scale $20k coop probably don't taste better than the same chickens raised in an equally sized $2k, or even $200, coop.

23k sounds ridiculous if you assume that's just materials. If she hired someone to build it for her then it's slightly less ridiculous.

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