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They totally love termites though. I had a rotten log and spent a fun hour with our top chicken years ago, where I would split off part of the log with an ax, and she would run up and devour all the newly exposed termites. We got along.
Chickens actually love grass and will eat every scrap of it in a yard. I know because we had chickens.
It's probably not enough for them to be healthy, but they definitely eat it.
never seen one eat grass
Damned grasshoppers ate bean plants.
Egg smuggling up 108% at the US-Mexico border as prices skyrocket...
South of the border, eggs sell for as as little as $3 for a 30-piece container
There actually is no such thing as bad cholesterol. There's poor diets, which lead to inflammation, which the body clearly tells you be producing more cholesterol to contain the damage.
I finally heard something that makes sense with this egg bullshit. It seems governments are yet again doing their job by imposing unreasonable cleaning and equipment costs on egg suppliers. This drives down production, and drives up prices. Wouldn't be surprised if they're mandating slaughtering of healthy fowl as well.
NuttBoxer says
I finally heard something that makes sense with this egg bullshit. It seems governments are yet again doing their job by imposing unreasonable cleaning and equipment costs on egg suppliers. This drives down production, and drives up prices. Wouldn't be surprised if they're mandating slaughtering of healthy fowl as well.
Yeah, I've also read that we are the only country that "forces" suppliers to remove special membrane from outside the egg, hence why everywhere else eggs don't need to be stored in fridges... except here
We live far enough out, and I know people in our area sell eggs, need to make the switch.
We only salt our food while cooking, never once done. Most outside food is already plenty salty for us. I know it's fiction, but in Robinson Crusoe the native guy tries salt and can't stand it because his taste buds have never been exposed. And I think it's valid point that if you lower your salt intake, your taste buds will adjust. But it is important to keep your potassium and sodium levels in balance. Too little or too much of either is bad for you.
Going no added salt can be rough though, first months at least - our pallets are so used to it after all.
Online claims have emerged, corroborated by others, that the popular “Producer’s Pride” chicken feed sold by the Tractor Supply chain has been recently altered and that its new formulation is causing chickens to stop laying eggs. Some suggest a deliberate reduction in the amount of protein in the feed may be causing the reduction in egg production.
You should remember farming was a majority activity in this country, that has slowly been eroded by banks. The world you live in now did not exist in 1945.
I think the giant shift from 90% of the population being farmers to less than 10% was mostly due to mechanization
Yeah...salt in your diet only counts if you actually put in on from a salt shaker.
That is what ketchup is for.
We have a planter box with some tomatoes, arugula,
Yeah...salt in your diet only counts if you actually put in on from a salt shaker.
SunnyvaleCA says
I think the giant shift from 90% of the population being farmers to less than 10% was mostly due to mechanization
Yes and no. It wasn't just the development of the tractor, but the need to finance it that broke the small community. Before the tractor the money a farmer made stayed in the community. But with the need to finance it flowed out to the banks and cities. But more importantly what was the result? Jobs moving out of the country, and people following. Food becoming mass produced, and poisonous. People becoming dependent on government over family and community.
If you engage in real farming, it will take some time, like any startup, but it doesn't have to be that hard if you use holistic practices to work with your ecosystem, not against it. And there is a LOT of money to be made supplying people with local, organic produce.
We only salt when we cook, never after. If you taste while you're cooking, shouldn't have to salt after.
We only salt when we cook, never after. If you taste while you're cooking, shouldn't have to salt after.
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We used to have chickens and enjoyed their eggs, but the need to let them out and put them in again each day makes it hard to go on vacations.