Posted on 09/24/2022 3:45:07 PM PDT by fwdude
The old standard was 2 hens per person. At least, that’s how I remember it. How many do you have?
Eggs are still available where I live, but I’m starting to see product shortages at the supermarket again like earlier this year. It especially seems to be hitting the store branded/generic items hardest.
I’m not liking it because I’ve been buying more store branded items because of inflation, and most times there is little to no difference in quality from name brand items.
“The reason for that I haven’t a clue.”
It’s because of the trend and laws mandating pasture raising.
When they opened the cages to let the chickens on the pasture, as mandated, all the chickens crossed the road.
Lots of breeds will lay year-round.
My Rhode Island reds lay rain, shine, cold, hot...whatever. I’m in Florida but these are specially bred for hot weather.
who knows if there is an egg shortage unless they tell us, repeatedly....
as long as they control the presses, the cabal can make up any story at all....
if true, I am not worried since my dtr gives us several dozen eggs whenever we need them.
We have been raising the brown leghorn chickens for a number of years. The brown and white leghorn chickens will lay almost one egg per chicken per day. They slow down when the temperatures get extreme hot or cold and at molting time which is Thanksgiving thru Christmas.
We chose the browns because they don’t seem to get hit by the owls and hawks as much as the whites do.
We don’t average buying a package of eggs per year due to shortages running 12-15 birds.
IMO you are 100% right!
The criminals running this show, this grand experiment we call America, are out of control!
None of our local feed stores that carry chicks ever have Brown Leghorns. But, I agree, while White Leghorns and especially Amberlinks are great breeds, the predators, even raccoons and an occasional big ‘possum go after white chickens 1st. Dogs seem to have no preference, except they go after the less agile birds more successfully.
Ameraucaunas and Easter Eggers seem to avoid predators well. It’s likely their closer wild fowl ancestry. We’ve also not lost any black breed hens to predators except once to a dog. (Very bad incident - a boxer mix dug into a coop and killed 7 of our best birds. Doggie came back and got a .22 round right in the heart.)
Since we keep a couple roosters, that generates hybrids and with time we’ve ended up with hybrid roosters that look almost hawklike. This actually seems to deter hawks. Egg size is usually less with the “mutts”, but some have been really good birds — decent production and hardy. And talk about a varied coloration flock!
They do tear up our side yard near the coops, but, that’s all under hickory trees anyway. Nothing grew well there anyway. Further “out”, they have little effect. Just gotta keep them out of the garden w/ fencing. For some reason the “flyers” don’t, there.
Ditto. Occasionally we sell some to friends. Need to do more of that, I think!
We do minimally heat the hen houses in winter. Ouch - more $$!
All places here require a purchase of 6 minimum.
Interestingly enough, in several years of having free range chickens, and roads (one fairly busy) on 2 sides of the property, not one chicken has gone on the road and been hit. They get right up to the pavement, tho’.
Local stores had lots of shortages through late 2021. Then that eased, but prices have been rising ever since, percentage wise less for free range and cage free, it seems. “Our” Aldi has been completely out twice in the last ~ 2 months, but, shortages of numerous other staples there and at Wal Mart have ben worse.
The prices jumped from about 0.97 per dozen to well over $5 here in Nevada during the past year because California implemented cage-free egg requirement and apparently we get our eggs from the wretched state. Over $5 a dozen!
“None of our local feed stores that carry chicks ever have Brown Leghorns.”
I have had very good luck ordering birds through Ideal Poultry.
They ship them to your local post office. It’s kinda fun walking into the PO early in the morning and hearing a box full of chicks somewhere in the back chirping with all of their might.
Nine...
#21 Iowa will produce around 14-15 billion eggs this year, with several other states at around 10 billion eggs.
If we did not eat all them eggs we would be waist high in chickens!!
“...California...the wretched state”
Overheard a Californian, visiting in Oregon, complain about spending $1000 per month on electricity. They went on to say they wanted to move to Portland, also because there were too many republicans where they lived.
Left a number of people speechless.
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