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Title: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: hazmatt on March 05, 2025, 08:46:03 AM
I was responding to the discussion about chicken eggs but it got locked.

Chickens are not that hard to raise and don't take much space. You can keep them even in the city if you don't have a rooster as they're pretty easy to hide if needed.
2 baby chicks would cost under $10 would give you around to a dozen of eggs a week during the summer. A $20 bag of chicken feed will last quite a while for 2 chickens.  Keep in mind it takes a few months for them to get to egg laying age. (which I think is part of the issue that is causing egg prices to be so high at this time) I'm willing to help if anybody wants to get started.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Eagler on March 05, 2025, 10:25:41 AM
We watched a documentary on chicken farms..it's disgusting how most are raised .. I can see how they are easily diseased..most don't move but inches their entire life..free ranged are better

It also covered other animal farming including salmon..just as disgusting

Home grown everything is much healthier than what we buy but most are way too lazy to do much more than waddle into the nearest restaurant and be served..

Eagler
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 05, 2025, 10:35:57 AM
True. Lil more to it.

Based on memories of the farm decades ago….

However, depending on species, most chickens only produce eggs in any large degree for only 2-3 yrs and egg production declines every year.  When they decline they go on your table. Basically for each chicken you get about one egg per day and not every day.

So you need to raise more and time it to where they mature on time to replace the one that gies on your table.

Basically,  you’ll need a small chicken coup with about 6-12 birds to keep up with egg usage.
You’ll also have to keep them healthy enough to lay eggs.

To produce your own fertile eggs for replacement chickens you’ll need 1-2 roosters for breeding. And you have to keep everything real clean and check for diseases.

A little of birds you’ll need a conveyor belt under the cages to keep fecal matter constantly removed. Exposure to bird fecal matter can cause lung issues in you and them. Birds at home not a great idea unless the cage is cleaned daily.

You see your labor building?
500k chickens can produce about 300-400k eggs per day.

1-2 chickens are called pets.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 05, 2025, 10:45:29 AM
We watched a documentary on chicken farms..it's disgusting how most are raised .. I can see how they are easily diseased..most don't move but inches their entire life..free ranged are better

It also covered other animal farming including salmon..just as disgusting

Home grown everything is much healthier than what we buy but most are way too lazy to do much more than waddle into the nearest restaurant and be served..

Eagler

Since I’ve been researching seafood supply for a Shrimp/seafood carry out I may open, seafood farming us way disgusting in some places, especially shrimp farms. There are organizations that check in some for standards, how Whole Foods get theirs. Farmed shrimp in store? Question it, look for certifications. Some bootleg farms feed their shrimp bird crap.

In many cases wild seafood usually has more flavor and healthier.
Con about wild us mercury buildup in your body. Don’t eat it every day, it will dissipate.

Off subject; Wild Spot Shrimp/Pawns from cold waters like Alaska is the best you’ll ever get within the USA.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Meatwad on March 05, 2025, 11:18:19 AM
I have black sex links. Per online says estimated 18 weeks from hatch to be ready to lay eggs. They will be in a fenced in coop. Hopefully the hens are quiet enough to not turn the neighbors into karens
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Eagler on March 05, 2025, 11:41:45 AM
I have black sex links. Per online says estimated 18 weeks from hatch to be ready to lay eggs. They will be in a fenced in coop. Hopefully the hens are quiet enough to not turn the neighbors into karens

We have chickens behind us..at 1st it was annoying but got used to it..

Would rather hear that then some rap bass thumping out of a neighbors house into my living room..

Heard it takes a year to get full size eggs

Might want to keep those "black sex links" to yourself lol

Eagler
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: xanax on March 05, 2025, 11:50:34 AM

Might want to keep those "black sex links" to yourself lol

Eagler

Hey! I'm trying to drink this coffee, not spray it.

Ha!
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: JimmyD3 on March 05, 2025, 12:00:00 PM
We have chickens behind us..at 1st it was annoying but got used to it..

Would rather hear that then some rap bass thumping out of a neighbors house into my living room..

Heard it takes a year to get full size eggs

Might want to keep those "black sex links" to yourself lol

Eagler

Had a guy 2 blocks from my house yesterday, rattling my windows for about 30 minutes with some heavy duty bass. He finally stopped. :rock
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 05, 2025, 12:28:15 PM
We have chickens behind us..at 1st it was annoying but got used to it..

Would rather hear that then some rap bass thumping out of a neighbors house into my living room..

Heard it takes a year to get full size eggs

Might want to keep those "black sex links" to yourself lol

Eagler

I’d rather listen to a dentist drill and a done nashing tooth extraction than 1 sec of rap.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Shuffler on March 05, 2025, 12:55:25 PM
We have chickens all over the neighborhood. We live out where our homes are very spread out. We also have an estimate 140 to 160 wild Mallard ducks. They just choose to stay year round in our neighborhood
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Baloo on March 05, 2025, 05:58:12 PM
Trying to get on that level! Just wife and I...2-3 chickens should be plenty...we don't plan on eating them...not any where close to starving to start personally killing things. That's just me though.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 05, 2025, 10:08:28 PM
Is there anything better than good fried chicken? Maybe a ribeye steak cooked to medium rare perfection.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 05, 2025, 10:34:22 PM
I'm not knocking vegetarianism. Just so long as you stay in your box.  :D

Of course if you eat eggs you aren't a vegetarian, or a vegan. Unless they're fertilized. I dunno, is there a difference?
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 05, 2025, 10:40:21 PM
Anyone who eats animals oughta go hunting at least once in my opinion. Embrace your inner carnivore.

Take a gun.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: CptTrips on March 05, 2025, 10:53:49 PM
Is there anything better than good fried chicken? Maybe a ribeye steak cooked to medium rare perfection.

Chicken fried rib-eye wrapped in bacon.

Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 05, 2025, 10:57:33 PM
Chicken fried rib-eye wrapped in bacon.

We do the IT support for the Texas State Fair and I'm gonna propose that royalty free to their vendors. Deep fried of course.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 05, 2025, 11:07:09 PM
Actually I have no idea how to propose that to a vendor. Vending at the Texas State Fair ain't cheap. I'll just make some for the local family.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Eagler on March 06, 2025, 07:34:11 AM
Anyone who eats animals oughta go hunting at least once in my opinion. Embrace your inner carnivore.

Take a gun.

Skip hunting..

If they had to slaughter their own cows, chickens and pigs vegetarianism would soar imo

Eagler
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: hazmatt on March 06, 2025, 09:39:05 AM
True. Lil more to it.

Based on memories of the farm decades ago….

However, depending on species, most chickens only produce eggs in any large degree for only 2-3 yrs and egg production declines every year.  When they decline they go on your table. Basically for each chicken you get about one egg per day and not every day.

So you need to raise more and time it to where they mature on time to replace the one that gies on your table.

Basically,  you’ll need a small chicken coup with about 6-12 birds to keep up with egg usage.
You’ll also have to keep them healthy enough to lay eggs.

To produce your own fertile eggs for replacement chickens you’ll need 1-2 roosters for breeding. And you have to keep everything real clean and check for diseases.

A little of birds you’ll need a conveyor belt under the cages to keep fecal matter constantly removed. Exposure to bird fecal matter can cause lung issues in you and them. Birds at home not a great idea unless the cage is cleaned daily.

You see your labor building?
500k chickens can produce about 300-400k eggs per day.

1-2 chickens are called pets.


Not sure your info and my chickens and egg production agree with each other. During the middle of the summer we get on average 6 eggs per week per chicken including some that are 3 years old.  With 2 chickens that would be a dozen of eggs a week. I wasn't talking about people starting a egg farm, I was talking about people raising chickens to supply themselves with eggs.

We haven't had any issues with with disease or any other issues. It usually takes about 4 months for our newly hatched chickens to start laying. We currently have around 30 chickens including the 4 that we just hatched, 10 that are going to start laying soon. We have 18 ducks including 7 that we just hatched and 3 we're going to eat soon.

Our operation is very complex, and time consuming. My 10 year old manages it all. She gathers eggs and gives them food and water at 7am and makes sure the automatic doors opened and let the chickens out. At 2 to 3pm she goes out and gathers eggs again and checks their food and water. At dusk she goes out and makes sure they went back into the coop and checks to make sure the automatic doors have closed. I think she might spend 30 minutes doing this over the entire day.

I expect that in within the next month we will be getting 20 to 30 eggs a day. We get so many during the summer that we us pickling lime and put them in jars in our pantry. We've used eggs over a year old that have been stored this way without refrigeration. The trick is to get the into the lime water the day they are laid.

If you're looking for year round constant egg laying and large eggs with huge yokes and you can put a small pool of water like a kiddy pool out,  I would recommend ducks. Ours lay pretty much year round. However, they do seem to produce more fertilizer then chickens.

The fecal matter is not a big issue for us as the animals free range during the day and fertilize our lawn and eat ticks and the like. I've not seen a single tick since we let our chicken free range and they help keep the grasshoppers out of my wife's garden.

Rabbits are another animal that are easy to raise with pretty quick turnaround and I'm looking into quail based on advice I received from another member of our community.

My point was that a couple chickens without a rooster are pretty easy to manage and if all goes well you could expect to get around a dozen of eggs a week.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: hazmatt on March 06, 2025, 09:44:14 AM
Skip hunting..

If they had to slaughter their own cows, chickens and pigs vegetarianism would soar imo

Eagler
Don't forget plucking the feathers off the birds. That's the biggest pain in the butt to me. I need to make one of those redneck pluckers out of an old wash machine or something. Also don't forget to use a sharp knife. I think my kids were cutting cardboard boxes with my boning knife.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: JimmyD3 on March 06, 2025, 09:53:41 AM
Good for  you Hazmatt, Kids growing up in that type of environment are better equipped to deal with life in general.  :rock
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 06, 2025, 10:02:48 AM

Not sure your info and my chickens and egg production agree with each other. During the middle of the summer we get on average 6 eggs per week per chicken including some that are 3 years old.  With 2 chickens that would be a dozen of eggs a week. I wasn't talking about people starting a egg farm, I was talking about people raising chickens to supply themselves with eggs.

We haven't had any issues with with disease or any other issues. It usually takes about 4 months for our newly hatched chickens to start laying. We currently have around 30 chickens including the 4 that we just hatched, 10 that are going to start laying soon. We have 18 ducks including 7 that we just hatched and 3 we're going to eat soon.

Our operation is very complex, and time consuming. My 10 year old manages it all. She gathers eggs and gives them food and water at 7am and makes sure the automatic doors opened and let the chickens out. At 2 to 3pm she goes out and gathers eggs again and checks their food and water. At dusk she goes out and makes sure they went back into the coop and checks to make sure the automatic doors have closed. I think she might spend 30 minutes doing this over the entire day.

I expect that in within the next month we will be getting 20 to 30 eggs a day. We get so many during the summer that we us pickling lime and put them in jars in our pantry. We've used eggs over a year old that have been stored this way without refrigeration. The trick is to get the into the lime water the day they are laid.

If you're looking for year round constant egg laying and large eggs with huge yokes and you can put a small pool of water like a kiddy pool out,  I would recommend ducks. Ours lay pretty much year round. However, they do seem to produce more fertilizer then chickens.

The fecal matter is not a big issue for us as the animals free range during the day and fertilize our lawn and eat ticks and the like. I've not seen a single tick since we let our chicken free range and they help keep the grasshoppers out of my wife's garden.

Rabbits are another animal that are easy to raise with pretty quick turnaround and I'm looking into quail based on advice I received from another member of our community.

My point was that a couple chickens without a rooster are pretty easy to manage and if all goes well you could expect to get around a dozen of eggs a week.


Not so much replying to your post as I am the recent thought fad.
I miss raising most of our food.

Ours were free range, best eggs ever.

The public subject is cost. So when starting a chicken coup for eggs at what point dies the investment pay for itself in savings? If ya spend 300 to build a coup, feed, time spent, its questionable when it pays for itself.

That said, quality can be worth it.

I remember, mid 70s raising 3 Black Angus per year. After butchered we paid $0.68 per lb.
The 3rd was traded to two next door farmers for yr round produce they supplied to us with. I also spent time playing in their crop dusters. Lol

For all the kewl stuff I’ve done, those were the best days. How Opie from Mayberry ended up in the entertainment and big city world is still a mystery, total accident, luck/bad luck.

I miss the farms most. Its certainly healthy living in peace.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 06, 2025, 10:03:21 AM
Good for  you Hazmatt, Kids growing up in that type of environment are better equipped to deal with life in general.  :rock

Agreed
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: hazmatt on March 06, 2025, 10:17:19 AM

Not so much replying to your post as I am the recent thought fad.
I miss raising most of our food.

Ours were free range, best eggs ever.

The public subject is cost. So when starting a chicken coup for eggs at what point dies the investment pay for itself in savings? If ya spend 300 to build a coup, feed, time spent, its questionable when it pays for itself.

That said, quality can be worth it.

I remember, mid 70s raising 3 Black Angus per year. After butchered we paid $0.68 per lb.
The 3rd was traded to two next door farmers for yr round produce they supplied to us with. I also spent time playing in their crop dusters. Lol

For all the kewl stuff I’ve done, those were the best days. How Opie from Mayberry ended up in the entertainment and big city world is still a mystery, total accident, luck/bad luck.

I miss the farms most. Its certainly healthy living in peace.

$300 for a coop? Dang, that's some fancy coop. If I had 2 chickens I think I would use a big storage container from Walmart for a coop.

Ya, I agree about best eggs ever. Most people have never seen an egg with an orange yoke or an egg that cooks thick and doesn't run all over the pan.

I wish I could raise some beef cause I can't even afford the yellow tag beef at current prices, especially for a family of 5.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Baloo on March 06, 2025, 10:47:57 AM
I'm not knocking vegetarianism. Just so long as you stay in your box.  :D

Of course if you eat eggs you aren't a vegetarian, or a vegan. Unless they're fertilized. I dunno, is there a difference?

I'm not vegetarian or vegan..I just don't want to take other creatures lives when millions are being slaughtered and packaged...done enough hurting of others in this life and im definitely not starving or poor, i can afford organic for now...I'll just pray and eat lol

Also not pushing my morality on anyone...my life, my choices, my experience.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Meatwad on March 06, 2025, 10:48:54 AM
Those pre-built shed places will sell you a 10x10 pre-built chicken coop for $2000 with "free setup and delivery"
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: hazmatt on March 06, 2025, 10:55:30 AM
Those pre-built shed places will sell you a 10x10 pre-built chicken coop for $2000 with "free setup and delivery"

DANG! Maybe I need to start selling coops!

I've built mine with auto doors and all for less then $100 but then again I've used pallets, salvaged a scrap wood and only bought the wood I had to.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 06, 2025, 10:55:47 AM
$300 for a coop? Dang, that's some fancy coop. If I had 2 chickens I think I would use a big storage container from Walmart for a coop.

Ya, I agree about best eggs ever. Most people have never seen an egg with an orange yoke or an egg that cooks thick and doesn't run all over the pan.

I wish I could raise some beef cause I can't even afford the yellow tag beef at current prices, especially for a family of 5.

You can find a farmer who could sell or raise beef for ya. Buy a head, split it with someone and find a butcher. Still probably cheaper than any middleman store. Been several yrs since I split cow with someone.

I was referring to lumber, caging expenses, feed, time spent. A lot of these people with raising chickens live in suburbia, even the city. They probably are not as resourceful or knowledgeable based on this stuff. Its not free, down the road it would be cheaper.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 06, 2025, 10:58:59 AM
Those pre-built shed places will sell you a 10x10 pre-built chicken coop for $2000 with "free setup and delivery"

Ok, sounds right with todays prices.

But now ya have to do the math. How many eggs do you not buy to pay for itself.

Edit: if you sell eggs (or don’t buy) eggs at $7 per dozen it will take 285 dozen eggs fir that 2k shed to pay for itself. OR, if you eat 2 dozen per week it will take 142 weeks to pay for itself before its “free”.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: hazmatt on March 06, 2025, 11:31:26 AM
You can find a farmer who could sell or raise beef for ya. Buy a head, sit it with someone and find a butcher. Still probably cheaper than any middleman store. Been several yrs since I split cow with someone.
 
A lot of these people with raising chickens live in suburbia, even the city. They probably are not as resourceful or knowledgeable based on this stuff. Its not free, .

Ya, I should look into that. Would be nice to have beef in excess instead of once in a while.

I find it amazing just how much people have lost even the most basic skills. I heard a young man in the break room at work telling others how he couldn't figure out how to change a flat tire and he almost sounded proud of it. I helped an older lady change a flat in front of a restaurant where we were going into eat in about 5 minutes. This used to be a common skill.

I had a stuck caliper on my truck. The best quote I had was over $500 to fix it. I did it for the cost of the caliper and some brake fluid.

I'm not saying I'm some highly skilled person and I'm not saying this stuff to brag as my dad and grandpa could do much more then I can. These were basic skills when I was a kid. I'm just saying I can skin a buck and run a trot line. I can replace an alternator and do a little bit of welding, and solder, and replace a fuel pump or a wheel bearing. I can do basic electrical, carpentry and plumbing. I an tie a slip knot, I can hang a swing high in a tree without a ladder that will reach. I can pickle eggs, can food, grow a garden (mostly my wife on this one) I an plug a tire, I can set the valve clearance on a lawn mower engine. I can build a coop and put up a fence.

This was just a list of random stuff that I can recall doing recently that everybody could have done when I was a kid.

I'm not sure if it's just that we've lost respect for the wisdom of our elders or if the phones and internet have just lowered peoples IQ to room temperature.

I have related story that comes to mind.
I was replacing a fuel pump on an old 6.2 diesel. The fuel pump used to be higher up on the old 350s and you could change it in in about 10 minutes. I did it once in the parking lot at work. However, the genius engineers move this fuel pump down to where it was near the frame on the 6.2. It was a tricky job where you had to use a bent hacksaw blade to hold the pushrod in while you put the pump back on. I wasn't able do get the thing lined up properly so I asked one of my buddies to try and he couldn't either. His grandpa was visiting and he said he'd ask him to take a look. His grandpa looked at it for less then a minute and said. "You're gong to have to jack the engine up" That was it. What we didn't realize was that the motor mount was worn and that it was allowing the motor to sag just enough that we couldn't get the full pump to line up properly.

Guess I should stop. The current generation will probably TLDR this one lolz.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: icepac on March 06, 2025, 03:11:42 PM

On a small block chevy, there is a bolt on the front of the engine you remove and put a longer one in to hold the fuel pump shaft.

(https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.corvetteforum.com-vbulletin/313x459/sbc_fuel_pump_rod_bolt__5c7298d828b4a2b340a7d419129c586106c05c8d.jpg)
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Eagler on March 06, 2025, 03:21:53 PM
Just get with the coming program and get used to the Jetson meals otw...

https://all3dp.com/1/3d-printed-meat/#:~:text=Just%20approved%20by%20the%20FDA,why%20there's%20so%20much%20excitement.

Eagler
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: hazmatt on March 06, 2025, 05:13:38 PM
On a small block chevy, there is a bolt on the front of the engine you remove and put a longer one in to hold the fuel pump shaft.

(https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.corvetteforum.com-vbulletin/313x459/sbc_fuel_pump_rod_bolt__5c7298d828b4a2b340a7d419129c586106c05c8d.jpg)

That's good to know. I'm pretty sure the fuel pump on the 6.2 was flush mount and didn't have anything sticking out. For sure I will check that thought. Thanks!
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: hazmatt on March 06, 2025, 05:15:49 PM
Just get with the coming program and get used to the Jetson meals otw...

https://all3dp.com/1/3d-printed-meat/#:~:text=Just%20approved%20by%20the%20FDA,why%20there's%20so%20much%20excitement.

Eagler
Just approved by the FDA and USDA, 3D printed meat is coming to your plate. Understand what it is and why there's so much excrement.

I think the last word was supposed to be excrement not excitement. I fixed it.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Devil 505 on March 06, 2025, 05:21:33 PM
What we didn't realize was that the motor mount was worn and that it was allowing the motor to sag just enough that we couldn't get the full pump to line up properly.

Not even a case of the mount wearing out. The rubber will stretch enough even when new to get an inch or two of clearance. And you can detach the mount on one side (Be sure to have the jack in place first) to get even more clearance.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 06, 2025, 05:23:45 PM
Ya, I should look into that. Would be nice to have beef in excess instead of once in a while.

I find it amazing just how much people have lost even the most basic skills. I heard a young man in the break room at work telling others how he couldn't figure out how to change a flat tire and he almost sounded proud of it. I helped an older lady change a flat in front of a restaurant where we were going into eat in about 5 minutes. This used to be a common skill.

I had a stuck caliper on my truck. The best quote I had was over $500 to fix it. I did it for the cost of the caliper and some brake fluid.

I'm not saying I'm some highly skilled person and I'm not saying this stuff to brag as my dad and grandpa could do much more then I can. These were basic skills when I was a kid. I'm just saying I can skin a buck and run a trot line. I can replace an alternator and do a little bit of welding, and solder, and replace a fuel pump or a wheel bearing. I can do basic electrical, carpentry and plumbing. I an tie a slip knot, I can hang a swing high in a tree without a ladder that will reach. I can pickle eggs, can food, grow a garden (mostly my wife on this one) I an plug a tire, I can set the valve clearance on a lawn mower engine. I can build a coop and put up a fence.

This was just a list of random stuff that I can recall doing recently that everybody could have done when I was a kid.

I'm not sure if it's just that we've lost respect for the wisdom of our elders or if the phones and internet have just lowered peoples IQ to room temperature.

I have related story that comes to mind.
I was replacing a fuel pump on an old 6.2 diesel. The fuel pump used to be higher up on the old 350s and you could change it in in about 10 minutes. I did it once in the parking lot at work. However, the genius engineers move this fuel pump down to where it was near the frame on the 6.2. It was a tricky job where you had to use a bent hacksaw blade to hold the pushrod in while you put the pump back on. I wasn't able do get the thing lined up properly so I asked one of my buddies to try and he couldn't either. His grandpa was visiting and he said he'd ask him to take a look. His grandpa looked at it for less then a minute and said. "You're gong to have to jack the engine up" That was it. What we didn't realize was that the motor mount was worn and that it was allowing the motor to sag just enough that we couldn't get the full pump to line up properly.

Guess I should stop. The current generation will probably TLDR this one lolz.

YA I get it.

As for people losing basic skills,..attitude,.. it pretty much refers back to who raised them or how they grew up. If you're talking about the younger,.... it's the fault of our generation. Less trouble if ya just leave em on a computer all day,... less trouble and less skilled in RL.

Personally I have a lot load of skills, done a lot of different stuff. I just did live sound because it paid the most. That ain't my real world. Anything in the forest, computers, programming, to running over head cranes in mills to wielding, forklift, mechanics, truck driving, carpentry, custom doors,  electricity, pluming,.. I could build an entire house. Today many have 1-2 skills, the 3rd is watching sports on TV....lol
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 06, 2025, 05:26:05 PM
a life time ago I had a 72 Chrysler former squad car with 440,...I had to break a motor mount and lift the motor to change a rear spark plug every time I tuned it up.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: hazmatt on March 06, 2025, 05:45:07 PM
YA I get it.

As for people losing basic skills,..attitude,.. it pretty much refers back to who raised them or how they grew up. If you're talking about the younger,.... it's the fault of our generation. Less trouble if ya just leave em on a computer all day,... less trouble and less skilled in RL.

Personally I have a lot load of skills, done a lot of different stuff. I just did live sound because it paid the most. That ain't my real world. Anything in the forest, computers, programming, to running over head cranes in mills to wielding, forklift, mechanics, truck driving, carpentry, custom doors,  electricity, pluming,.. I could build an entire house. Today many have 1-2 skills, the 3rd is watching sports on TV....lol

Aye, I'm trying to raise my kids with skills but all they want is the dang screens. I have a tab open on my computer so I can log into the router and release the internet connection just in case lolz.

I agree that GenX has a bunch of responsibility for the current generation. We pretty much raised ourselves and I guess a bunch of them decided that because of the way we were raised that their kids should have a silver spoon shoved up their butt.

That's good stuff to have those skills. I'm still always trying to learn new stuff and I'm creeping up on 60.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 06, 2025, 05:49:13 PM
Those Star Trek Replicators were the future. It's here. Get with the program.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Devil 505 on March 06, 2025, 08:13:06 PM
Those Star Trek Replicators were the future. It's here. Get with the program.

No joke, I've been saying for years that now that it's possible to produce animal parts through cloning, we should be perfecting how do clone the choice cuts of meat. I bet once you get the physical process and economy of scale down, you can probably get some good meat at very cheap prices.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Eagler on March 07, 2025, 07:07:13 AM
To the OP...which came 1st?

 :banana:  :banana:  :banana:

Eagler
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: hazmatt on March 09, 2025, 03:52:02 PM
To the OP...which came 1st?

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Eagler

In my opinion it's the chicken. A chicken is an existing life form but an egg is not. If the egg doesn't have the right environment it will develop into a life form whereas the chicken is already a life form.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Devil 505 on March 09, 2025, 04:05:43 PM
In my opinion it's the chicken. A chicken is an existing life form but an egg is not. If the egg doesn't have the right environment it will develop into a life form whereas the chicken is already a life form.

I have the exact opposite opinion. Evolution occurs because of genetic mutation in a creatures offspring. Therefore the first true chicken egg was laid by an almost chicken.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 10, 2025, 09:44:49 AM
I have the exact opposite opinion. Evolution occurs because of genetic mutation in a creatures offspring. Therefore the first true chicken egg was laid by an almost chicken.

Well, that could be correct, since birds are somewhat presumed to be related to reptiles, which were here before birds. Pterosaurs are winged reptiles. Most reptiles lay eggs.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 11, 2025, 09:43:48 AM
I'm reading egg prices are dropping. That's good news.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Shuffler on March 12, 2025, 04:30:57 PM
Anyone who eats animals oughta go hunting at least once in my opinion. Embrace your inner carnivore.

Take a gun.

I hunted many years. Great way to put meat on the table. I now have so many friends that hunt, I always have venison and pork in the freezer. Fresh vegetables from neighbors who garden.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 14, 2025, 03:03:43 PM
Egg prices still falling.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 15, 2025, 10:39:14 PM
Billions in wasteful and fraudulent spending is being stopped. Inflation is deflating. Just factual, not political. Ding me if you must.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Busher on March 15, 2025, 11:46:31 PM
Inflation is deflating. 

Assuming facts not reality.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Meatwad on March 16, 2025, 07:15:49 AM
Eggs here have not dropped. 1 store $6 / dozen, another 6.60/dozen
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 16, 2025, 08:26:08 AM
Assuming facts not reality.

Don't take my word for it.

https://apnews.com/article/inflation-economy-tariffs-trump-883afba8a7199b3a92a617b68ab1a6a6

The fact is inflation is down. The speculation in that article is the effect tariffs may have.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: The Fugitive on March 16, 2025, 10:14:04 AM
Eggs here have not dropped. 1 store $6 / dozen, another 6.60/dozen

Depends on where you are too. Here in New England our prices never got very high, but there were times we didnt have any.... probably due to panic buying  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 16, 2025, 10:28:10 AM
Don't take my word for it.

https://apnews.com/article/inflation-economy-tariffs-trump-883afba8a7199b3a92a617b68ab1a6a6

The fact is inflation is down. The speculation in that article is the effect tariffs may have.

True inflation came down 2 points.
The reason ? Consumer confidence dropped into the basement and people stopped spending.
Supply snd demand, if people stop buying inflation drops. While this may appear to be good, its NOT. The economy is sinking quickly
Markets dumped.
Crypto dumped
Tesla dumped by 50% ( just shows the rich who supply products to the public will take a big hit too)
401k took a massive hit, people lost 1000s
People’s retirements may not happen
Car prices jump $10k to 12k

Only 1% say economy is great
57%+ disapprove of 47 and it drops daily
1of 3 reps turned their backs on him, meaning even his tribe is cracking

Eggs are down, but food as s whole is still rising

Good times huh?

Must be nice being able to walk with closed eyes
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 16, 2025, 10:34:21 AM
Eliminating hundreds of billions in fraud, waste, and abuse will take time but it is the only way to make things better.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 16, 2025, 10:43:55 AM
Eliminating hundreds of billions in fraud, waste, and abuse will take time but it is the only way to make things better.

If it were true. They refuse to show evidence and had deleted false claims from Doge site 3 times, all their biggest claims were deleted snd proven false. Si far they save 8-10 billion buy furing innocent defenseless people weakening our government so bad allies won’t talk to ys nir share intel to this president.

Chances are bigger they installed backdoors to our money, they can transfer all 22 trillion at will,

They are destroying way mire than they are fixing. Period. Prove me wrong
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 16, 2025, 10:51:03 AM
BTW, we cannot make nuclear threats, they fired those who take care of storing them, and messed up so bad doing it they can’t find them to hire them back. Which means whats in the silos is what you have.

He’s losing 9 of 10 court cases.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Animl-AW on March 16, 2025, 11:04:46 AM
Ya might want to look at new polls out this morning. He’s under water across the board.
Before you discount a poll go to realclearpolitics.com they show all poll averages.
 He’s about to sink below 40%

BTW, 2 judges order 1000s of those cut get those jobs back. Also instead of being on unemployment, meaning even less saved

This is 5th grade math folks
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Busher on March 16, 2025, 11:35:45 AM
Eliminating hundreds of billions in fraud, waste, and abuse will take time but it is the only way to make things better.

A leader and his henchman and now you by extension, accuse Federal workers of poor workmanship and criminal activity (Fraud); all without due process. I suspect if similar statements and accusations were made about you or yours with no proof, there would be subsequent legal action.

One clear indication that you may have joined a cult is that truth flows only from the leader.... even when thousands of others can irrefutably prove that leader is a liar.

Your country has declared economic war on the rest of the free world. I cannot guarantee it but I suspect your optimism about inflation and economic prosperity might be unfounded.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Eagler on March 16, 2025, 11:37:07 AM
Tds much?

Do you think polling would be any different if the screeching hag won?

Economic reset is on its way..not like EVERYTHING isn't over valued thus over priced

Eagler
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: hazmatt on March 16, 2025, 01:44:57 PM
Speaking of chickens, and eggs...
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: Lazerr on March 16, 2025, 01:57:18 PM
Takes some time for chickens to get to laying age... silly libs.
Title: Re: Chickens/Eggs
Post by: AKIron on March 16, 2025, 02:04:01 PM
The evidence of many billions in fraud, waste, and abuse has been presented and the investigations will continue rooting out far more I hope. Over spending is what has been driving inflation. It isn't sustainable.