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.......are now OVER $4/dozen.... Around here, the culprit has been the 'bird flu' affecting large turkey and chicken operations in MN and WI... What are they in your areas??
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69 Pro-Constitution. LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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50 lbs of feed every week or two.
But the ornamental ducks share in the banquet.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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.......are now OVER $4/dozen.... Around here, the culprit has been the 'bird flu' affecting large turkey and chicken operations in MN and WI... What are they in your areas?? No clue and I was just at the store too....
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Haven't bought eggs in a really long time. We've got a dozen or so layers and often give eggs away
Beware of any old man in a profession where one usually dies young.
Calm seas don't make sailors.
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Haven't bought eggs in a really long time. We've got a dozen or so layers and often give eggs away
We’ve been getting farm fresh eggs from a friend lately, along with duck eggs. I don’t see myself going back to store bought eggs again. Duck eggs are amazing! 🦫
Curiosity Killed the Cat & The Prairie Dog “Molon Labe”
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We’re getting about a dozen per day from our hens. I don’t eat store bought eggs as I can’t stand the taste and texture but 8 or 10 eggs, bacon and hash browns along with a big glass of cold raw milk makes for a great dinner. We’ll be getting another 6 chicks soon and then another 6 in the fall….hopefully we’ll have a broody hen to raise them. Our favorite momma hen that raised several clutches for us over the years just succumbed to eagle predation. We’re hoping another hen steps up as a surrogate because it sure makes it easier.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
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Duck eggs are amazing! As soon as we get moved out to the ranch I'm getting ducks for sure. I'm the mean time chickens will do
Beware of any old man in a profession where one usually dies young.
Calm seas don't make sailors.
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.......are now OVER $4/dozen.... Around here, the culprit has been the 'bird flu' affecting large turkey and chicken operations in MN and WI... What are they in your areas?? Cost to me is a secure shelter for them in to sleep at night without concern for foxes and such, nest boxes in the hen house, clean water, some feed to supplement their daily foraging, and some land for them to forage on. About half my flock: One hen laying an egg: Another one: (Actually, this is the broody one incubating her eggs last year) Typical daily collection (actually, most days, I get six):
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Nothing better ! Well, maybe the bacon, that goes with them !
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"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
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We’re getting about a dozen per day from our hens. I don’t eat store bought eggs as I can’t stand the taste and texture but 8 or 10 eggs, bacon and hash browns along with a big glass of cold raw milk makes for a great dinner. We’ll be getting another 6 chicks soon and then another 6 in the fall….hopefully we’ll have a broody hen to raise them. Our favorite momma hen that raised several clutches for us over the years just succumbed to eagle predation. We’re hoping another hen steps up as a surrogate because it sure makes it easier. I had a hen go broody last year. She hatched out two and carefully raised them up. It's amazing to watch a mother hen take care of her chicks. I agree on the taste of store bought. Even the ones marked organic or free range stink. I've been keeping free range laying hens since 2010. My immediate neighbors get free eggs.
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$2.57 for 18 extra large at Walmart yesterday.
"Don't believe everything you see on the Internet" - Abraham Lincoln
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$6.19 a dozen for jumbo, up from $5.09 about four days prior.
They must deliver them with an armored truck w/security guards.
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Duck eggs are amazing! As soon as we get moved out to the ranch I'm getting ducks for sure. I'm the mean time chickens will do Waiting on your ranch pictures here, once you and the family move. Exciting stuff for you all. 👍🏼🦫
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Duck eggs are amazing! As soon as we get moved out to the ranch I'm getting ducks for sure. I'm the mean time chickens will do Duck eggs would be great. But, I hear tell them critters like water..................and it's in short supply in these parts.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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$2.57 for 18 extra large at Walmart yesterday. Walmart eggs??? Is that anything like salsa from New York City???
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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They were $4.55 last week at our local grocery store. Said F that and went to Dollar General to see what they were.... $3.50.
At the local grocery store (same as above) 15 minutes ago they were two dozen for $4.00 so I bought two dozen.
I prefer home grown but my buddies chicks ain't been laying lately.
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We’re getting about a dozen per day from our hens. I don’t eat store bought eggs as I can’t stand the taste and texture but 8 or 10 eggs, bacon and hash browns along with a big glass of cold raw milk makes for a great dinner. We’ll be getting another 6 chicks soon and then another 6 in the fall….hopefully we’ll have a broody hen to raise them. Our favorite momma hen that raised several clutches for us over the years just succumbed to eagle predation. We’re hoping another hen steps up as a surrogate because it sure makes it easier. I had a hen go broody last year. She hatched out two and carefully raised them up. It's amazing to watch a mother hen take care of her chicks. I agree on the taste of store bought. Even the ones marked organic or free range stink. I've been keeping free range laying hens since 2010. My immediate neighbors get free eggs. It is incredible to watch the natural instincts of a broody hen take over. Our favorite momma hen, Mrs. Doubtfire, raised 5 or 6 broods. The first time we did it she was broody and one night while she was sleeping in her nesting box (because she was broody) my wife put 12 chicks under her. Imagine waking up one morning and finding 12 babies that you’re forced to raise? 😂 She was a wonderful mother and she had the “respect” of the rest of the flock so none of them were ever mean to the chicks. Mrs. Doubtfire raised somewhere around 40 chicks and I don’t recall her ever having one die…I think she successfully raised every chick to “adulthood”. 😁 Chickens are more fun than I expected. Watching them peck around and seeing their behavior is relaxing and often funny. The last rooster we had would jump as high as he could to pick blackberries and salmonberries. He’d drop them on the ground for the hens. There was a berry free zone from the ground up about 3 feet all along the back edge of the property. I don’t remember ever seeing him eat the berries himself as he always saw that the hens ate first while clucking and vocalizing about what a stud he is…..until he too was turned into eagle poop. 😫
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
--------------------------------------------------------- ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Get ours from a buddy's hens. $5/doz, they're worth it !
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All over the place, but definitely higher than normal. We have been experiencing a great deal of chicken and turkey genocide around here.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
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