I might be slow to this... but has anyone been able to compare the number of fires in similar food infrastructure locations in past years? Is it possible that these are just making the news, or is there really a huge uptick?
They were 250 a dozen he just recently raised the price to three.
And even if he has to raise the prices again will continue to buy from him. They're not always perfectly sized like you find in the grocery store and often we get larger than what we're expecting with double yolks.
The benefit of farm eggs is they're generally unwashed which means you can use them for preservation purposes. Can't do things with commercial / store bought eggs because the protective outer layer has been washed off the shell.
Yep he doesn't wash the eggs which is fine with us and we send the cartons back and forth, so we're actually being green in this regard too. The shells are so thick I have to use both hands when I crack them. I'm good at one handed egg cracking lol
One of the direct pieces of evidence I needed to realize that close-caging is bad for chickens (and other animals) is just how much thicker the shells on "cage free" eggs are when compared to standard eggs. I guarantee the stress on the chicken's body produces softer, thinner shells as a result of being perpetually confined to a box.
If I don't feed my free-range chickens calcium supplements (oyster shells) their shells can get thin.
Keeping chickens in cages is more for the protection of the chickens than anything else.
If you let the chickens forage in a field, they will eat bugs, grass and leaves and get nutrients that you would otherwise have to feed them. So you can get away feeding them cheaper feed.
I do a lot of research on chickens because I have a few, and I read recently that the law states that you can call them open range chickens when there is one small door leading to the outside for a few hours.
Truth is, the chickens are stuffed so tight into their cages because their bones are so fragile they would break them if they tried to get outside.
It's a shame!
There's a YouTube channel called Appalachia's Homestead with Patara, and she says that just because of the increase of the feed cost, she would have to charge over $11 a dozen for her eggs. So she quit selling them.
If you go to a store that sells feed, you can choose between cheap chicken feed and expensive, GMO-free chicken feed. The expensive stuff can be 100% or more expensive than the cheap stuff.
If you free-range your chickens, they can find the supplement nutrients from the field -- bugs, grass, leaves, and such. So you can get away with feeding them cheap feed.
If you want to save even more money, make your own feed by mixing commodity grains.
If you want to save even MORE money, plant the seed, harvest, dry, and feed the chickens. Some people just let the chickens forage in the planted fields.
In a lot of areas, if you free range your chickens, you soon won't have any. There are dogs, foxes, wolves, big cats, hawks, and more. Most individuals who raise chickens don't have enough land to raise chicken feed.
Aldi's is bumping up the price of my Winking Owl wines. It was $2.95 a bottle, now $3.45. The struggle is real, pedes!
PS: Yeah, egg prices doubled, too. Let's go Brandon.
Not the Winking Owl! Sigh.
I might be slow to this... but has anyone been able to compare the number of fires in similar food infrastructure locations in past years? Is it possible that these are just making the news, or is there really a huge uptick?
Yes, it was 1 fire in 2019. Sorce youtube amateur reporter investigation. I will try to find link.
They already are expensive: got 3 dozen eggs from Wegmans (generic brand) yesterday for $9. They're usually $3.50. Maryland.
Yikes we get our eggs from a local farmer.
They were 250 a dozen he just recently raised the price to three. And even if he has to raise the prices again will continue to buy from him. They're not always perfectly sized like you find in the grocery store and often we get larger than what we're expecting with double yolks.
That's part of the fun of eating farm eggs LOL.
The benefit of farm eggs is they're generally unwashed which means you can use them for preservation purposes. Can't do things with commercial / store bought eggs because the protective outer layer has been washed off the shell.
Yep he doesn't wash the eggs which is fine with us and we send the cartons back and forth, so we're actually being green in this regard too. The shells are so thick I have to use both hands when I crack them. I'm good at one handed egg cracking lol
Cartons can get expensive
One of the direct pieces of evidence I needed to realize that close-caging is bad for chickens (and other animals) is just how much thicker the shells on "cage free" eggs are when compared to standard eggs. I guarantee the stress on the chicken's body produces softer, thinner shells as a result of being perpetually confined to a box.
If I don't feed my free-range chickens calcium supplements (oyster shells) their shells can get thin.
Keeping chickens in cages is more for the protection of the chickens than anything else.
If you let the chickens forage in a field, they will eat bugs, grass and leaves and get nutrients that you would otherwise have to feed them. So you can get away feeding them cheaper feed.
I do a lot of research on chickens because I have a few, and I read recently that the law states that you can call them open range chickens when there is one small door leading to the outside for a few hours.
Truth is, the chickens are stuffed so tight into their cages because their bones are so fragile they would break them if they tried to get outside. It's a shame!
There's a YouTube channel called Appalachia's Homestead with Patara, and she says that just because of the increase of the feed cost, she would have to charge over $11 a dozen for her eggs. So she quit selling them.
I'm in ND he probably makes some of his own feed.
If you go to a store that sells feed, you can choose between cheap chicken feed and expensive, GMO-free chicken feed. The expensive stuff can be 100% or more expensive than the cheap stuff.
If you free-range your chickens, they can find the supplement nutrients from the field -- bugs, grass, leaves, and such. So you can get away with feeding them cheap feed.
If you want to save even more money, make your own feed by mixing commodity grains.
If you want to save even MORE money, plant the seed, harvest, dry, and feed the chickens. Some people just let the chickens forage in the planted fields.
In a lot of areas, if you free range your chickens, you soon won't have any. There are dogs, foxes, wolves, big cats, hawks, and more. Most individuals who raise chickens don't have enough land to raise chicken feed.
I haven't bought eggs for well over a year now.
Chicken feed is still ridiculously cheap compared to egg prices.
For those who don't know:
All the Keto food 😒
Lets hope they can save the beef !