Actually, I'm pretty sure a shot of ivermectin will work just fine.
And on the question of how to stop the rising cost of eggs, I just saw a piece today about some city that gave out 6000 chickens to the resident. Everyone that wanted some got three chickens. They fed them the scraps off their tables, and the cost of the land fill went down due to the decrease in volume being disposed, and the people had eggs. The piece stated that if every city did this the need for egg producers would be almost zero.
We have backyard chickens.
Eggs everyday
They keep insects to a minimum = no pesticides.
Plus:
No weed killer needed.
No fertilizer required.
They till the soil.
Just chicken feed.
Starting a mealworm and earthworm farm to supplement feed.
I've tended flocks of 300 layers, washed thousands of eggs per week, and raised hundreds of broilers. Local breweries donated spent grain, the hens loved that. If you have chicken questions, fire away.
Just give them BirdQuil
Actually, I'm pretty sure a shot of ivermectin will work just fine.
And on the question of how to stop the rising cost of eggs, I just saw a piece today about some city that gave out 6000 chickens to the resident. Everyone that wanted some got three chickens. They fed them the scraps off their tables, and the cost of the land fill went down due to the decrease in volume being disposed, and the people had eggs. The piece stated that if every city did this the need for egg producers would be almost zero.
i saw the same thing - if every third household had chickens, the egg industry would be non-viable
We have backyard chickens. Eggs everyday They keep insects to a minimum = no pesticides. Plus: No weed killer needed. No fertilizer required. They till the soil. Just chicken feed. Starting a mealworm and earthworm farm to supplement feed.
I've tended flocks of 300 layers, washed thousands of eggs per week, and raised hundreds of broilers. Local breweries donated spent grain, the hens loved that. If you have chicken questions, fire away.