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
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
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On Mon, 13
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
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:
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> Does your HOA allow you to keep a flock of chickens? Just
On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:55:51 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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> 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
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
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
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,
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
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If they buy
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
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
I have been there but don’t remember chickens. Probably just my faulty memory.
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> On Apr 12, 2020, at 11:19 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
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> G Mann via Mercedes writes:
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>> Should be fun to watch... a New York high rise apartment over run with
>> flocks of
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
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
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
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
> 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.
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> 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.
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,
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.
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> On Apr 12, 2020, at 5:36 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
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> I've heard that also.
>
> Weird because eggs are in no short supply here.
>
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
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.
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