Corporate takeover of organic egg market is happening

[onehandle]

Run time: 04:54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbqyAemRlno   Posted on YouTube: October 01, 2010 By YouTube Member: CornucopiaInstitute Views on YouTube: 5026   Posted on DU: October 14, 2010 By DU Member: onehandle Views on DU: 349

 

[texastoast]

1. Time to grow your own chickens

And hens do very well in backyard environments.

No roosters, though. Neighbors will not be happy.

[ixion]

2. I've got 6 Rhode Island Red laying hens that will never be a part of that machine

It's a downhill slide once the corporatists come in the door. :(

[Quantess]

3. chickens are very low key animals, very easy to care for.

Left on their own, they sleep in trees. I've got some that prefer to sleep in trees over the coop (I think it's because they can wake up without having to wait for me to open the door.) Along with chicken feed, they will eat your day old bread and leftover noodles, along with bugs in the yard.
There are people who choose to be a lot more anal-retentive about their small flocks, but really, there is no need to fuss. Some of my chickens are 6 years old now.

[Quantess]

4. If we just get one ignorant person posting about their chickens, in a manner that attracts freepers

we get a whole lot of people who imagine they know a thing or two about raising poultry.