Reply #247: We have chickens....only eighteen....we keep five families in eggs. [View All]

[snappyturtle]

It's surprisingly cheap to feed chickens. They scavenge for bugs and we serve up a little scratch, pellets (for their egg shells) and cracked corn. They also eat the fallen birdseed from the wild bird feeder. We also have a small garden....which needs to be expanded and have started on a rain collection system....although we're in a drought. We've been at our present location for 18 months and I have the distinct feeling that although we've worked hard we're no where near what we need.

I have the House on the teevee right now and they're talking way down the road...wish they'd get the relief we need NOW settled and then wholeheartedly attack future needs. President Carter had such a good start on all of this and then raygun took down the solar panels on the WH.