> A farmer who sells 250 chickens a year can bring in $1,250, versus the extreme-poverty line of about $700 a year.
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What a simplification. I'm all for the chickens, but the quiz and this quiz-answer-comment make it seem a little too easy.
If you want to sell 250 chickens a year you a) need quite a few more than that, b) you need SPACE - and it should provide plenty of free food for hundreds of chickens (so, LOTS of space), and c) the more chickens the higher the risk of disease, and several hundred chickens is <i>a lot</i> of chickens for a poor guy, d) if you don't have LOTS of space you will need to get food from somewhere (and pay for it?).
250 chickens a year wouldn't be that hard. 8-12 weeks from birth to butchering weight would mean you need a substantially smaller flock than 250 birds. If they scrounging for most of their diet, it may take a bit longer to get to butcher weight. Also, if they are scrounging you need more space- and your success will depend on keeping predators out. But you won't need 'several hundred' chickens at any one time to reach that goal.
(That's the comment when you answer the quiz correctly.)
What a simplification. I'm all for the chickens, but the quiz and this quiz-answer-comment make it seem a little too easy.
If you want to sell 250 chickens a year you a) need quite a few more than that, b) you need SPACE - and it should provide plenty of free food for hundreds of chickens (so, LOTS of space), and c) the more chickens the higher the risk of disease, and several hundred chickens is <i>a lot</i> of chickens for a poor guy, d) if you don't have LOTS of space you will need to get food from somewhere (and pay for it?).