THE PRICE OF EGGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Lanolin

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if your that desperate you can just wait and look for chocolate ones for Easter I heard you have to hunt around for them though.

Gosh the things people complain about...everything is expensive hadnt you heard? Since when did we assume everything was going to be always cheap and plentiful and have eggs everyday when chickens dont lay 24/7 round the clock. They have lives too.
 
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Lanolin said:
if your that desperate you can just wait and look for chocolate ones for Easter I heard you have to hunt around for them though.

Gosh the things people complain about...everything is expensive hadnt you heard? Since when did we assume everything was going to be always cheap and plentiful and have eggs everyday when chickens dont lay 24/7 round the clock. They have lives too.
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Those chocolate eggs have doubled in price since last Easter, and my wife says they are smaller.

I hear that chickens are going on strike. They want a better quality food to eat. They are tired of scratching for worms for a living.
 
Lanolin

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worms are expensive! They are selling for at least $50 a box!!!
 
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arthurfleminger said:
I think that I've come up with a solution for my not being able to afford eggs! My area isn't zoned for raising livestock/chickens. So my plan is to buy about 10 chicken/layers and keep them in my residence where no one will see or hear them. I'll allow them the freedom to roam about my residence, as they please. They'll be just like pets. I don't foresee any problems with this plan.
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Cameron143 said:
Be careful with chicken layers...chickens aren't really stackable and may be afraid of heights.
Also, to get more eggs you might want to get more active layers called players.
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Godsgirl1983

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Lanolin said:
worms are expensive! They are selling for at least $50 a box!!!
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people buy worms?
:unsure: You mean, they don't just send the kids to the back yard after a rainy day to dig for them?
Oh boy, another GG parenting mess up :oops: I've been doing it all wrong......
sorry kids:confused:
On the other hand, I think I just had a cha-ching idea! 🤑🤑🤑
Get out there and keep digging!
 
Magenta

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Billyd said:
Those chocolate eggs have doubled in price since last Easter, and my wife says they are smaller.
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I bought a couple of Lindt chocolate bunnies the other day at my no frills discount store, and was
somewhat surprised to see they were $7.99 each! I mean, that is more than I would expect to see
them elsewhere, but I do trust this store and their prices. Still, next time I am in Shoppers Drug
Mart, just out of curiosity I may take a peek at what they are selling for there. :unsure::giggle:
 
MessengerofTruth

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Some things I've learned over the years.

You may want to include a Roster to your flock, because as I understand it, Fertilized eggs are lower in cholesterol.

Also, if you be sure to have a south facing window in your coupe and even provide light on the shorter daylight days you will get more eggs.

Just some things I learned when we had chickens.
 
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Godsgirl1983 said:
people buy worms?
:unsure: You mean, they don't just send the kids to the back yard after a rainy day to dig for them?
Oh boy, another GG parenting mess up :oops: I've been doing it all wrong......
sorry kids:confused:
On the other hand, I think I just had a cha-ching idea! 🤑🤑🤑
Get out there and keep digging!
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Godsgirl,, for sure keep your kids digging for worms. They're worth their weight in gold!!!!!!!!!!!!!. In fact, and I'm not kidding, I order 2,000 worms every year and plant them in my garden. They make for great gardening soil. I order them from 'Uncle Jim's Worm Farm'. Prices are reasonable:

Buy Red Wigglers Worm Composting and Vermicomposting supplies (unclejimswormfarm.com)
 
Lanolin

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All the hen fanciers are now coming out of the woodwork selling their hens online for egg desperate consumers. lol

Theres nothing to keeping chooks, just watch where you step and be prepared with a pooper scooper. Reward = eggs.
 
Billyd

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Lanolin said:
All the hen fanciers are now coming out of the woodwork selling their hens online for egg desperate consumers. lol

Theres nothing to keeping chooks, just watch where you step and be prepared with a pooper scooper. Reward = eggs.
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My grandson decided that he was going to teach his sons (two and four years old) how to care for chickens. He bought a small coop along with six baby chicks. The boys were tickled. They got to eat an omelet made with the first eggs. Everything was going great. That is until my Granddaughter-in-law said that the coop was too small. Not wanting to argue, he and the boys built a running pen along his back fence. His six chickens now had a four foot wide sixty foot long covered run. Everyone was happy. That is, until the neighbor's dog dug under the back fence one night and had a six chicken feast.

When chickens are happy in a pen, don't try to improve things. My grandson and boys tore down the runner, repaired the coop, replaced the chickens and now get four to six eggs from happy, safe chickens, and my great grandsons look forward to feeding and watering the chickens and gathering eggs. The neighbor's dog hasn't been seen in months. I've been told that chicken bones are not good for dog's health.
 
Genipher

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Billyd said:
My grandson decided that he was going to teach his sons (two and four years old) how to care for chickens. He bought a small coop along with six baby chicks. The boys were tickled. They got to eat an omelet made with the first eggs. Everything was going great. That is until my Granddaughter-in-law said that the coop was too small. Not wanting to argue, he and the boys built a running pen along his back fence. His six chickens now had a four foot wide sixty foot long covered run. Everyone was happy. That is, until the neighbor's dog dug under the back fence one night and had a six chicken feast.

When chickens are happy in a pen, don't try to improve things. My grandson and boys tore down the runner, repaired the coop, replaced the chickens and now get four to six eggs from happy, safe chickens, and my great grandsons look forward to feeding and watering the chickens and gathering eggs. The neighbor's dog hasn't been seen in months. I've been told that chicken bones are not good for dog's health.
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Raw chicken bones are okay for dogs. It's the cooked bones that can splinter and cause damage. So unless the neighbor's dog built a bonfire and roasted the hens, the dog is probably fine. ;):LOL:

Also...did she say the coop was too small as "encouragement" to make it bigger so she could get more chickens?
 
Genipher

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Lanolin said:
All the hen fanciers are now coming out of the woodwork selling their hens online for egg desperate consumers. lol

Theres nothing to keeping chooks, just watch where you step and be prepared with a pooper scooper. Reward = eggs.
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That's why I have mucking boots for outside...so I don't hafta watch my step or ruin my good shoes. :p
 
Billyd

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Genipher said:
Raw chicken bones are okay for dogs. It's the cooked bones that can splinter and cause damage. So unless the neighbor's dog built a bonfire and roasted the hens, the dog is probably fine. ;):LOL:

Also...did she say the coop was too small as "encouragement" to make it bigger so she could get more chickens?
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Well, maybe it was lead poisoning, but if asked, I'm sticking with chicken bones.
 
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The price of eggs at my local Walmart dropped from $4.75 @ 18 last week to $2.66 @ 18 this week. That is a big help as we eat a lot of eggs.
 
Billyd

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tourist said:
The price of eggs at my local Walmart dropped from $4.75 @ 18 last week to $2.66 @ 18 this week. That is a big help as we eat a lot of eggs.
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The price should stabilize in the next week or so. Replacement hens for those destroyed because of avian flu are now coming into production.
 
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