Posted on 01/28/2023 8:23:31 AM PST by Safrguns
According to this video (made by a private chicken farmer), the reason there is a huge shortage of eggs is due to store bought chicken feed. Commenters seem to confirm, suggesting specifically feed from Tractor Supply is to blame for ZERO eggs being laid in farms across America this winter.
There is truth to this. Many of us are using goat feed and have our own birds to lay our own eggs. There’s a major problem with eggs and meat right now.
Did the same company that grows cricket grubs also manufacture chicken feed?
A guy I smoke cigars with has fancy chickens and gets feed from Tractor Supply. He has plenty of eggs.
In 2022 there was trouble with Tractor Supply hay. There was some sort of fungus infesting hay from the western United States.
The veterinarian told me not to feed that hay to my rabbits,
First, TSC did a drag show in Texas, now they’re poisoning our chickens?
Our chickens have been shut down. I suspect, just like the vaccines, they are introducing randomness into the process for “plausible deniability”. Which explains why some Tractor Supply feed is unaffected. I don’t think Tractor Supply is the ONLY chain affected.
I heard it was because flocks had to be destroyed due to some kind of avian flu.
I also heard that if you collect Marlboro flip top boxes they can be turned in so as to buy an iron lung for some poor soul.
I hear all kinds of things.....sometimes even voices.....
AVIAN FLU hit this country in fall of 2022.
IT is VERY CONTAGEOUS
Over 58 MILLION birds were killed to stop further spread of the disease.
It takes awhile for newly hatched chicks to get to laying status.
HAD NOT heard anything about bad feed...But even if that was a problem-—I don’t know how it could be nationwide-—all at one time.
All I can say is that my chickens have been laying as well as they always do this time of year. Supplemental lighting would help, but the lights I got have a broken timer so I haven’t gotten that working yet.
(I use the “Nutrena Hearty Hen” feed from Farm & Fleet.)
I suspect the large scale egg producers don’t get their feed from Tractor Supply. Hobby farmers use Tractor Supply.
TS has 50lb bags of shelled deer corn for $13.50. I can get 100 lbs bags for 13 from the local farmer.
Could there be something impacting the food supply, sure, but it isn’t TS’s fault. They are a national/local distributor who makes money providing convenience to a rural population.
>>> they are introducing randomness into the process for “plausible deniability”.
yeah.. that makes sense.. I just hope someone figures out what it is in the feed.
Two big factors.
1. High feed costs.
2. Decrease in number of flocks as the government killed 53 million chickens to try and stop the H5N1 virus spread.
52.7 million birds dead as of December 2022. Unlike other recent outbreaks, this one has lasted through the summer — and it’s still going strong.
This one is different as many migratory birds have it including eagles and ducks. Ducks appear to be carriers, but it doesn’t kill them. They are the Typhoid Mary of H5N1.
Gives Deep State a motivation for doing something that sticks it to TS...
>>> HAD NOT heard anything about bad feed...
That’s why I wanted to post this. I’m not even a farmer... I just paid $5 for a dozen yesterday, then I saw that video.
At the very least I think her claims should be investigated.
I doubt large hen laying operations use Tractor Supply feed. Almost 60 million birds have been killed due to avian flu.
BTW - a doz eggs is $6 here
Similar went around a few weeks ago. The claim was that some feeds are deficient in Lysine levels.
Depending upon moisture, corn is about 56 lbs per bushel.
The current price of corn as of January 27, 2023 is $6.8350 per bushel. (That’s $12.20 per hundred weight.)
This varies based upon location.
In the summer of 2020 it was about $3.25 per bushel. Thanks Biden!
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