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Patrick says

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.

they eat bugs on the grass, random shit in the grass that they spot, never seen one eat grass. i think if they end up chewing grass its accidental, no chicken feed is grass.

I just want real tomatoes.
I can't find them so I guess I have to grow some.

Squash, okra, peppers, watermelon, a few other things. Damned grasshoppers ate bean plants. Electric fence around so that armadillos would not dig up the garden.



Edit: this is on our farm.

FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden says

never seen one eat grass

I've seen them entirely wipe out a small lawn, eating every single blade of grass. But true, I don't think anyone deliberately feeds chickens on grass.

One rooster we had ate an entire paper napkin because it had some pizza grease on it. I thought he would die, but he was fine. I guess their gizzards are pretty tough.

Bd6r says

Damned grasshoppers ate bean plants.

Yesterday I had grasshoppers hanging out on my hung and coiled up garden hose. When I started to uncoil so I could water a bush they wouldn't even jump off / away.

It was as if they were thinking: Take me to dinner!

https://nypost.com/2023/01/19/egg-smuggling-up-108-at-us-mexico-border-as-prices-soar/

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

Why are eggs so much cheaper from Mexico? Just lower labor costs?

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.

Patrick says

Damnit, consumption of eggs doesn't even increase cholesterol. It's one of the healthiest proteins you can eat. I hate these assholes constantly trying to make us sick and kill us. Endless streams of misinformation and lies.

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.

NuttBoxer says

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.

It's also necessary for Vitamin D synthesis, so we need cholesterol. A lot of it could also point to a Vitamin D deficiency, as compensation. Low cholesterol has been associated with early death.

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

BobHa says

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

Farm fresh. Move to the country and buy them from a neighbor. Or get your own chickens. Move from urban areas.

Sodium is the biggest enemy. You need it, but when I see people dumping it on prepared food at a restaurant, I'm just like dude, it's already on it. So there's already a teaspoon or tablespoon in a ton of recipes and then it gets served and you dump even more on. No restaurant would survive without adding salt to mostly freshly prepared meals.

Eggs or otherwise, people simply eat too much. Not talking calorie counting either. Going on an 11 day trip and bringing food with me. I'll get bananas when I'm at each location. Granola bars for lunch that I'm bringing. And then probably a hearty dinner. Bringing a few shitty snacks like pringles and honey buns when the munchies kick in as this is a guy trip. I'll be under 2k caloric intake though and active. I don't count, but just making the point I'm not going to be consuming much.

2-3 rounds of golf. Day of snowboarding and then snowmobiling. I get sore now nearing 40 shortly and I refuse to take pain killers. I need some break days, plus there are travel days. I like traveling and have no fear of flying, but it does suck.

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.

NuttBoxer says

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.

Too little is bad, but as long as you're eating normal food - it has plenty minerals in it(especially anything animal-related like meat or eggs). Going no added salt can be rough though, first months at least - our pallets are so used to it after all.
I remember when I went for a 7-day camping trip(not going for such a long ones anymore, mostly 'cause carrying all the gear for 7 days is such a chore. 2-3 days you can get away with 35-litre backpack - I'm using USWE from nearby outdoors store https://gritroutdoors.com/ , much much easier compared to old days. And not as much time anyways!) and forgot to pack up salt - first 3 days everything tasted so bland... And then I kinda got used to it :D

BobHa says

Going no added salt can be rough though, first months at least - our pallets are so used to it after all.

That is what ketchup is for.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/tractor-supply-chicken-feed-reportedly-causing-egglaying-stop-board-ties-wef-jeffrey-epstein/

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.

We got a lonnnng way to go before young chicks say that. It won't be until the point they actually have to work and not have pretend jobs in an office, to the point milking cows and raising chickens is better. Talking 19th Century textile mill level at least.