i didn't realize keeping backyard chickens for food security would be so controversial when i posted this
Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?
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Re: Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?
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First, you can't put a price on food security. When you can't get these things from the market because the shelves are bare, you will still have a source available. That's a big perk that can't be understated. Also, the shelves have been bare with eggs for quite awhile. Locally here we largely only see the large packs being sold. Its been 6 months since I've seen a dozen pack on the shelves. Its far more than $2, whe…
I would agree, except it’s not food security. Eggs not necessarily a mandatory food source. Like you said, if a pack of eggs is the same as choice beef or pork, then eat that? Both are nutritionally better options than eggs. If we really want food security, we’d each probably need at least a 10 acres of land per person in the household, grow our own vegetables and grains, raise chickens, have our own cows/pigs/goats,…
this article is 100% about food security
Re: Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?
#273Earlier quoted context omitted.
I killed so many slugs eating my broccoli it started to get to me. I technically didn't kill them myself, I put the cannibals in a bucket together. 1/3 to 1/2 bucket per day. About 30 full buckets for 20 broccoli plants of which about 8 were ruined.
The conversation is about the necessity of killing what you eat. Those slugs have nothing to do with either argument nor were they a necessary casualty.
Not sure how killing things and then not eating them is morally superior. If you aren't eating meat you are probably getting most of your calories from grains and legumes. The people that grow and store those for you are killing a lot of animals to get them to your grocery store.
Re: Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?
#274No. The answer is to stop consuming eggs. Better for yourself, the animals and the planet.
Vegan diets are only OK if very, very well calibrated for macro and micro nutrients.
Re: Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?
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> The quality of the eggs is absolutely miles above what I already considered really good eggs though. I must drive past a dozen (lol) honesty boxes on the way to work offering the sale of eggs and this is my general experience as well. Its amazing how individuals can produce and sell a product as cheap if not cheaper than mega corps with such staggeringly different quality.
We have fresh egg vending machines along the road by farms in the Netherlands! https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/ne3ivw/i... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Ui4zmqyxY https://www.fietsnetwerk.nl/en/places/farmers-vending-machin... https://www.deboeropautomaat.nl Here's a German company that will sell you your own egg vending machine: https://vendy1.de/en/blog/egg-vending-machines/?srsltid=AfmB...…
These vending machines exist where few people are
Re: Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?
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> That doesn’t mean they are superior to actual whole chicken. Taste is subjective. Sounds like his son preferred the taste of one over the other. My kids prefer nuggets over the whole roast chicken my wife and I eat. The salt, MSG, and seasoning of the nuggets along with the fat from the oil tastes better to them. Sadly, nothing I say will convince them otherwise.
Try making nuggets from scratch. It’s so good and easy to do. Chicken tenders from breast meat. Egg seasoned with salt, pepper. Dunk into seasoned breading. Dunk into egg again and back to the breading. Pan fry. Yummy.
You're still going to come back to a child who's learned "Real chicken nuggets come in dinosaur shapes, are very salty, have a uniform breading, and don't require teeth to chew". He's going to think your dish doesn't quality.
Re: Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?
#277No. The answer is to stop consuming eggs. Better for yourself, the animals and the planet.
What is nutritionally wrong with eggs?
Re: Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?
#278As someone who once built a large coop [1] then just bought a pre-built shed for the 2nd coop, it's definitely _not_ the _monetary_ solution. You will probably lose money overall for quite some time. I'm still probably underwater. BUT, there are definite upsides: - Chickens are very sweet animals, and are quite intelligent. You will grow to love all the silly things they do. You can pet them, they are super soft, and…
> Chickens are very sweet animals, and are quite intelligent. You will grow to love all the silly things they do. You can pet them, they are super soft, and can become quite tame. They can purr. Chickens are ruthless and will not hesitate for a moment to kill and then cannibalize their coop mates. The best way to avoid it is to have a single breed as they tend to start by attacking anything different, literally spots…
You write in absolutes when talking about your own opinion as if it's generally accepted to be a fact, which makes even interesting looking bits look suspicious when you encounter something clearly biased.
Re: Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?
#279As someone who once built a large coop [1] then just bought a pre-built shed for the 2nd coop, it's definitely _not_ the _monetary_ solution. You will probably lose money overall for quite some time. I'm still probably underwater. BUT, there are definite upsides: - Chickens are very sweet animals, and are quite intelligent. You will grow to love all the silly things they do. You can pet them, they are super soft, and…
For me the biggest downside is that they reliably attract vermin. I tried a bunch of things to deter rats but they were ever present when we had hens
You want a rooster, too. A rooster will also keep predators away.
Re: Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?
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> People don't like to kill in general. I used to believe this. Then I came up with a twisted question to ask people (I am fun at parties) The question is something like, if you had to come up with a name for someone to kill within twenty four hours can you do so? The conditions are you get a full and unconditional pardon. It won't be held against you at all. If need be, we will even arrange it such that the person c…
Putin and Xi immediately jumped to my mind.
There are autocrats all over the world I could name. Unfortunately there are most likely a whole list of people ready and waiting to step into their place.