Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
Our neighbor next door has 20-30 chickens now. He started several years ago. I dont' think he's lost any to the foxes, coyotes, skunks, possums, raccoons, etc. recently because I haven't seen any piles of loose feathers. They are "free range" (visiting us sometimes), though he supplements there food with commercial antibiotic, etc, laced feed - and the eggs taste just like the factory ones from the store. We don't get eggs from him anymore, being pure food snobs. On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 4:58 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If we ever live at camp we'll have chickens. I'd build movable pens, so > called "chicken tractors" and shuffle them around the fields. We get these > big ant mounts, the chickens would love those... > -Curt > > On Monday, April 13, 2020, 2:16:47 PM EDT, Craig via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:55:51 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Interesting, remind me where "here" is. > > I read the other day that US demand for eggs has gone up some absurd > > percentage. > https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/26/shortages-eggs-stress-baking/ > > Fear of supply-chain disruptions has prompted the DIY spirit and a > renewed interest in gardening, swamping online seed companies. > Some have brought the same thoughts to bear on the egg shortage: > Actor Tom Holland (Spider-Man) made news when he announced this > week he had adopted three chickens as a source of eggs. And he’s > not alone. > > Diez-Canseco isn’t bullish about backyard chickens. > > “We don’t think backyard flocks are great for the birds. There’s > a lot of predation,” he said. “But by all means, plant a garden.” > > > Craig > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
If we ever live at camp we'll have chickens. I'd build movable pens, so called "chicken tractors" and shuffle them around the fields. We get these big ant mounts, the chickens would love those... -Curt On Monday, April 13, 2020, 2:16:47 PM EDT, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:55:51 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Interesting, remind me where "here" is. > I read the other day that US demand for eggs has gone up some absurd > percentage.https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/26/shortages-eggs-stress-baking/ Fear of supply-chain disruptions has prompted the DIY spirit and a renewed interest in gardening, swamping online seed companies. Some have brought the same thoughts to bear on the egg shortage: Actor Tom Holland (Spider-Man) made news when he announced this week he had adopted three chickens as a source of eggs. And he’s not alone. Diez-Canseco isn’t bullish about backyard chickens. “We don’t think backyard flocks are great for the birds. There’s a lot of predation,” he said. “But by all means, plant a garden.” Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
Depends upon the breed as to egg count. Some can max out above 320 per annum. Hens need light and warmth, as well as access to good food. I had success with over wintered hens popping out eggs year round, but for deep cold periods and moulting clay > On Apr 13, 2020, at 6:56 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Shorter than that, in 6 months you eat the chickens. That is if you don't > want to over-winter. Its cold enough here I wouldn't want to. They don't lay > as good over the winter anyway. > > -Curt clay monroe I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm looking for didn't fall out. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
NYC has a bunch of pigeon coops. Turn the roofs into chicken farms and feed the impoverished a nutrient rich egg. Free range the fowl on Tar Beach garden scraps clay > On Apr 12, 2020, at 8:12 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Does your HOA allow you to keep a flock of chickens? Just a trick question > for all those city dwellers who suddenly decide to "raise some chickens"... > > Should be fun to watch... a New York high rise apartment over run with > flocks of chickens ... in the hallways and elevators... I see the making of > a movie script... haha clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:55:51 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Interesting, remind me where "here" is. > I read the other day that US demand for eggs has gone up some absurd > percentage.https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/26/shortages-eggs-stress-baking/ Fear of supply-chain disruptions has prompted the DIY spirit and a renewed interest in gardening, swamping online seed companies. Some have brought the same thoughts to bear on the egg shortage: Actor Tom Holland (Spider-Man) made news when he announced this week he had adopted three chickens as a source of eggs. And he’s not alone. Diez-Canseco isn’t bullish about backyard chickens. “We don’t think backyard flocks are great for the birds. There’s a lot of predation,” he said. “But by all means, plant a garden.” Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
Makes sense, you've got a lot more farms around than we do. In the summer I have a bunch of local producers to choose from, folks with a cooler out in front of the house. $2/doz seems like the going rate around here. This time of year the chickens are just starting to really lay again so theres not so much. -Curt On Monday, April 13, 2020, 11:07:11 AM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: I'm in south-central Indiana. Abundant supply of eggs at the supermarkets. $0.97/doz for the non-free-range non-organic factory-farm eggs last time I was there (middle of last week). Free-range, cage-free etc. anywhere from near $3/doz to $6 or so. Allan Curt Raymond writes: > Interesting, remind me where "here" is. > > I read the other day that US demand for eggs has gone up some absurd > percentage. > https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/26/shortages-eggs-stress-baking/ > > But in the 2 weeks since that article USDA says prices are coming back > down: > https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Egg%20Markets%20Overview.pdf > > At the "regular" grocery store last Thursday there were only 6 packs of > organic eggs, no conventional eggs to be had. The co-op had local eggs > 2 weeks ago but they were $3/dz. Really nice eggs though. > > -Curt > > On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 6:37:02 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > I've heard that also. > > Weird because eggs are in no short supply here. > > When you can buy a dozen eggs for $1 I think the economics of raising > your own chickens don't work. > > Allan > > Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: > >> I saw a story on the news that now people are flocking to the farm >> stores and hoarding chickens. It is that time of year to buy chicks >> and I guess they think they will suddenly raise chickens to get their >> eggs. It is really getting ridiculous. >> >> ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
Commercial eggs are still hard to come by around here (west central FL) but local producers have all kinds of them. No problem finding/getting them if you make the effort. We have a lot of rural folks around here that raise chickens and sell eggs pretty much year ‘round. I was telling Mitch (MI) the other day about how we’ve got a glut of produce in the area because the migrant workers can’t pick it. Just south of me is a large area of tomato growers, so many of them that there are several processing plants in the area. Because they can’t get the crops to market they’re rotting in the fields, or if the growers use any sort of mechanized harvesting the crops are being harvested but just sitting. A local tomato producer is selling bushel baskets of fresh tomatoes for $5. Same thing with the blueberry crop that has just come in. I can get a quart of freshly picked blueberries for about $2 at the growers. Normally, $2 would get you a pint. I don’t can vegetables, but if I did I would be stocking up right now. We bought a boatload of blueberries on Saturday and froze nearly all of them. -D > On Apr 13, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > I'm in south-central Indiana. Abundant supply of eggs at the > supermarkets. $0.97/doz for the non-free-range non-organic factory-farm > eggs last time I was there (middle of last week). > > Free-range, cage-free etc. anywhere from near $3/doz to $6 or so. > > Allan > > Curt Raymond writes: > >> Interesting, remind me where "here" is. >> >> I read the other day that US demand for eggs has gone up some absurd >> percentage. >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/26/shortages-eggs-stress-baking/ >> >> But in the 2 weeks since that article USDA says prices are coming back >> down: >> https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Egg%20Markets%20Overview.pdf >> >> At the "regular" grocery store last Thursday there were only 6 packs of >> organic eggs, no conventional eggs to be had. The co-op had local eggs >> 2 weeks ago but they were $3/dz. Really nice eggs though. >> >> -Curt >> >> On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 6:37:02 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I've heard that also. >> >> Weird because eggs are in no short supply here. >> >> When you can buy a dozen eggs for $1 I think the economics of raising >> your own chickens don't work. >> >> Allan >> >> Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: >> >>> I saw a story on the news that now people are flocking to the farm >>> stores and hoarding chickens. It is that time of year to buy chicks >>> and I guess they think they will suddenly raise chickens to get their >>> eggs. It is really getting ridiculous. >>> >>> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
I'm in south-central Indiana. Abundant supply of eggs at the supermarkets. $0.97/doz for the non-free-range non-organic factory-farm eggs last time I was there (middle of last week). Free-range, cage-free etc. anywhere from near $3/doz to $6 or so. Allan Curt Raymond writes: > Interesting, remind me where "here" is. > > I read the other day that US demand for eggs has gone up some absurd > percentage. > https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/26/shortages-eggs-stress-baking/ > > But in the 2 weeks since that article USDA says prices are coming back > down: > https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Egg%20Markets%20Overview.pdf > > At the "regular" grocery store last Thursday there were only 6 packs of > organic eggs, no conventional eggs to be had. The co-op had local eggs > 2 weeks ago but they were $3/dz. Really nice eggs though. > > -Curt > > On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 6:37:02 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > I've heard that also. > > Weird because eggs are in no short supply here. > > When you can buy a dozen eggs for $1 I think the economics of raising > your own chickens don't work. > > Allan > > Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: > >> I saw a story on the news that now people are flocking to the farm >> stores and hoarding chickens. It is that time of year to buy chicks >> and I guess they think they will suddenly raise chickens to get their >> eggs. It is really getting ridiculous. >> >> ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
Shorter than that, in 6 months you eat the chickens. That is if you don't want to over-winter. Its cold enough here I wouldn't want to. They don't lay as good over the winter anyway. -Curt On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 6:39:24 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: If they buy chicks now it will be about 6 months before they lay any eggs. That is if they don’t end up with all roosters. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2020, at 5:36 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > I've heard that also. > > Weird because eggs are in no short supply here. > > When you can buy a dozen eggs for $1 I think the economics of raising > your own chickens don't work. > > Allan > > Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: > >> I saw a story on the news that now people are flocking to the farm >> stores and hoarding chickens. It is that time of year to buy chicks >> and I guess they think they will suddenly raise chickens to get their >> eggs. It is really getting ridiculous. >> >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
Interesting, remind me where "here" is. I read the other day that US demand for eggs has gone up some absurd percentage.https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/26/shortages-eggs-stress-baking/ But in the 2 weeks since that article USDA says prices are coming back down:https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Egg%20Markets%20Overview.pdf At the "regular" grocery store last Thursday there were only 6 packs of organic eggs, no conventional eggs to be had. The co-op had local eggs 2 weeks ago but they were $3/dz. Really nice eggs though. -Curt On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 6:37:02 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: I've heard that also. Weird because eggs are in no short supply here. When you can buy a dozen eggs for $1 I think the economics of raising your own chickens don't work. Allan Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: > I saw a story on the news that now people are flocking to the farm > stores and hoarding chickens. It is that time of year to buy chicks > and I guess they think they will suddenly raise chickens to get their > eggs. It is really getting ridiculous. > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
I had thought about chickens years ago when we first moved here but Angie didn't want to. Now with eggs being kind of hard to get she's rethinking.I'm going to have to take 6 weeks of furlough in the next 6 months, I'll have plenty of time. Instead I think I'll spend those weeks at camp trimming trees and making lantern videos. One pays me a little stipend now, the other is my retirement fund. -Curt On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 6:13:21 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: I saw a story on the news that now people are flocking to the farm stores and hoarding chickens. It is that time of year to buy chicks and I guess they think they will suddenly raise chickens to get their eggs. It is really getting ridiculous. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
I have been there but don’t remember chickens. Probably just my faulty memory. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2020, at 11:19 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > G Mann via Mercedes writes: > >> Should be fun to watch... a New York high rise apartment over run with >> flocks of chickens ... in the hallways and elevators... I see the >> making of a movie script... haha > > Ever been to Key West? Chickens roaming the streets everywhere. > > Allan > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
Chickens roam Ybor City, the neighborhood on the east side of Tampa that was settled by the Cubans and had many a cigar factory in the day. They’re a hotly contested topic on a regular basis as gentrification has started and the new residents aren’t terribly keen about the noise and mess. -D > On Apr 13, 2020, at 12:58 AM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have... also, in Phoenix, in the Mexican section... Lots of free range > chickens... > Funny little side story, about 3 weeks ago.. was talking to a cop friend > here who had just busted two women in a van who were driving the > neighborhoods and stealing chickens.. when they opened the van.. it had two > pigs and a goat, as well as a number of "chicken napped" chickens... > AND .. a supply of meth and other drugs... > They were known players with a stack of wants and warrants.. so the free > range city chickens are safe for now while they are in secure housing at > the womens prison... violation of parole, so not even a trial just straight > to jail... oops.. > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 9:19 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> G Mann via Mercedes writes: >> >>> Should be fun to watch... a New York high rise apartment over run with >>> flocks of chickens ... in the hallways and elevators... I see the >>> making of a movie script... haha >> >> Ever been to Key West? Chickens roaming the streets everywhere. >> >> Allan >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
I have... also, in Phoenix, in the Mexican section... Lots of free range chickens... Funny little side story, about 3 weeks ago.. was talking to a cop friend here who had just busted two women in a van who were driving the neighborhoods and stealing chickens.. when they opened the van.. it had two pigs and a goat, as well as a number of "chicken napped" chickens... AND .. a supply of meth and other drugs... They were known players with a stack of wants and warrants.. so the free range city chickens are safe for now while they are in secure housing at the womens prison... violation of parole, so not even a trial just straight to jail... oops.. On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 9:19 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > G Mann via Mercedes writes: > > > Should be fun to watch... a New York high rise apartment over run with > > flocks of chickens ... in the hallways and elevators... I see the > > making of a movie script... haha > > Ever been to Key West? Chickens roaming the streets everywhere. > > Allan > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
G Mann via Mercedes writes: > Should be fun to watch... a New York high rise apartment over run with > flocks of chickens ... in the hallways and elevators... I see the > making of a movie script... haha Ever been to Key West? Chickens roaming the streets everywhere. Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
Does your HOA allow you to keep a flock of chickens? Just a trick question for all those city dwellers who suddenly decide to "raise some chickens"... Should be fun to watch... a New York high rise apartment over run with flocks of chickens ... in the hallways and elevators... I see the making of a movie script... haha On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 5:47 PM fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > Clay wrote: > > > Three hens will have you choking in eggs. > > Only if they are happy enough to be laying. And still alive. And > the critters don't get the eggs before you. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
> Clay wrote: > Three hens will have you choking in eggs. Only if they are happy enough to be laying. And still alive. And the critters don't get the eggs before you. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
> Allan wrote: > When you can buy a dozen eggs for $1 I think the economics of > raising your own chickens don't work. Money isn't the only consideration. Eggs from true free-range chickens really do taste a lot better. A _lot_ better. As well as control over pesticides, hormones, feed, etc. > > Kaleb wrote: > > I guess they think they will suddenly raise chickens to get > > their eggs. It is really getting ridiculous. Why not? It's just a matter of buying chicks, turn 'em loose in the yard, and pick up eggs - right? The opossums, raccoons, and coyotes will be feasting soon! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
Three hens will have you choking in eggs. Far more than you can consume, unless you do eggs and bacon every day. For chicken, it is economy of scale. A handful of hens are a pass time, a recreational opportunity, that pops out some eggs as a side effect. clay > On Apr 12, 2020, at 2:36 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > I've heard that also. > > Weird because eggs are in no short supply here. > > When you can buy a dozen eggs for $1 I think the economics of raising > your own chickens don't work. > > Allan clay monroe I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm looking for didn't fall out. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
If they buy chicks now it will be about 6 months before they lay any eggs. That is if they don’t end up with all roosters. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2020, at 5:36 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > I've heard that also. > > Weird because eggs are in no short supply here. > > When you can buy a dozen eggs for $1 I think the economics of raising > your own chickens don't work. > > Allan > > Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: > >> I saw a story on the news that now people are flocking to the farm >> stores and hoarding chickens. It is that time of year to buy chicks >> and I guess they think they will suddenly raise chickens to get their >> eggs. It is really getting ridiculous. >> >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
I've heard that also. Weird because eggs are in no short supply here. When you can buy a dozen eggs for $1 I think the economics of raising your own chickens don't work. Allan Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: > I saw a story on the news that now people are flocking to the farm > stores and hoarding chickens. It is that time of year to buy chicks > and I guess they think they will suddenly raise chickens to get their > eggs. It is really getting ridiculous. > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] People are hoarding chickens now
I saw a story on the news that now people are flocking to the farm stores and hoarding chickens. It is that time of year to buy chicks and I guess they think they will suddenly raise chickens to get their eggs. It is really getting ridiculous. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
