Egg rationing in America has officially begun [Obamanomics: A war on prosperity]

I don’t like Obama and hate his policies, but he didn’t cause chickens’ illnesses.

For Freepers who can, now is the time to make a little money:

At my local Nugget Market yesterday I saw a dozen large, organically certified eggs from PASTURED HENS at:

$8.99 - yes $0.75 each.

I REALLY miss raising my own hens.

I pay the price because I just CAN NOT STAND a regular, commercial egg. They're OK for baking etc. but they taste like crap when you can taste anything at all.

Being unwashed might make you think that they won’t rot. When I was a child we had chickens and ducks. The ducks started laying eggs under the porch. I was the only one small enough to go under there and get them. I waited too long I guess, and they exploded all over me. Rotten eggs are nasty.

Yes you would need refrigeration here, I sure do!

There's nothing wrong with the new chicken laws.

Any responsible, humane person would have already put them in place.

It's also against the law in most states to beat a dog with a stick or refuse to feed or water your horses.

Fine, let’s seal the border to trade, and Californians can eat $6.00 a dozen eggs and feel good about themselves, and the rest of us can go back to eating $1.20 a dozen eggs and feel guilty - or not. And since Californians don’t like dams or offshore drilling, they can build some pretty high speed electric trains than can’t go anywhere and admire themselves for that, as well.

When a nation turns away from God...

Deuteronomy 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in , and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out . 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do , until thou be destroyed , and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish . 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed . 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies : thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away . 27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods * , and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed . 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies , and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look , and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand. 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up ; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see . 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed , from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known ; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in ; for the locust shall consume it. 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume . 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed ; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand ; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed : which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down , wherein thou trustedst , throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave : 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat : because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear : for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful , and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance , and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance . 60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed . 62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

And so it shall be. Thanks for posting this whole thing. If even one takes heed of the words, it will be worth it. We have already seen the beginnings of many of these things, especially the ones about the strangers in the land. Even so, come Lord Jesus!

Ahhh. The good old days before Obama.

Thank God we have chickens!

Nobody is forcing producers in other states to raise their hens in any particular fashion.

Egg producers in other states can raise their hens any way they damn please.

It's just if they want to sell them here, they have to house them in accordance with CA law.

They can always sell them elsewhere. Nobody in CA will mind.

I built a coop about seven years ago, I currently have twelve new hens that will begin laying in about four to six weeks. You should look into it. It is not much work and my girls will be giving me a dozen eggs a day.

Good idea but I don't think my landlord would like it. B-) My next door neighbor has a rooster though. BTW, what breed of chickens do you have?

The great thing about eggs is that anyone with a chicken coop can go into the egg business. Buy small, buy locally. Find the local entrepreneur willing to sell you a carton or two a week at a fixed price. Been doing it for years, no shortage. For you people who choose to live in cities far away from real life, I dunno. Good luck.

Idk about appreciative, but I know that chickens really are stupid creatures. Birdbrains you might say.

Chickens may be bird brains, but they are still smarter than many creatures much larger. Turkey, deer, cows . . . just to name a few.

My Dad had a hen that befriended him . . . followed him around, cleaned off his boots when he stood still, hopped up on the fence to be petted, even got to him so much she'd ride around perched on his shoulder while he did chores. Spared her from the stew pot when her egg laying days were over.

She even befriended his border collie . . . we can't figure out how other than guessing that border collies are so smart they figured any friend of my master is a friend of me.