[NotGolfer]

Did some grocery shopping yesterday and my bagged lettuce has increased for sure. I could express my opinion but probably would be put in "jail" and don't care to do that at this point.

[Keefelane66]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Will the ARC complain if we put a little chicken coop behind our house.?

The two old biddies will not be able to see if from the street and think of all the money we can make selling eggs.

Their are no biddies it’s neighbor turning in neighbor’s

[stevecmo]

Originally Posted by Bay Kid

My local egg lady just went up 20% last week due to the cost of chicken feed. Up, up and away.

There should be plenty of chicken feed available with the millions of chickens they've killed. Maybe she just wants in on inflation train.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

Their are no buddies it’s neighbor turning in neighbor’s

We have seen the biddies picture in their golf cart so they are real.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by MX rider

I work for a major food distributor and sell food to restaurants. They had to kill about 4 million chickens due to the Avian flu.
Egg prices for restaurants are triple what they were prior to this situation. A few weeks ago they were over 4 times normal. It's really hitting my breakfast houses hard since they use so many eggs every week.

Farm in Iowa killed 13 million hens, turkeys, and laid off all work force.

Here the article

Iowa, U.S. farmers face a grisly chore after bird flu hits flocks

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by stevecmo

There should be plenty of chicken feed available with the millions of chickens they've killed. Maybe she just wants in on inflation train.

Thew millions killed amount to only 1% of the total chickens for egg farms. Not significant.

[billethkid]

If you think the eggs are expensive now wait until the impact of diesel fuel going over $6 gallon (today) is digested and passed along.

We are truly being tested. Too many people still buying at the inflated prices. It will not change until the public resists!!!

[DangeloInspections]

My granddaughter has 4 chickens. She cares for them, feeds them and collects the eggs daily. I am teaching her capitalism.....I buy a dozen eggs from her when needed....I pay her $5.00 per dozen, delivered to me. She is saving her money. She won a blue ribbon at the 4H county fair.

If you have ever tried real fresh farm raised eggs, you will never go back to buying them from a store.

Frank D.

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

I don’t know where you’re shopping. If the price of a product you may want is to high just walk on. No one is forcing anyone to buy

Too high? Not to high. So you want me to just walk away and not buy eggs. Trust me I am a cheap ******* and I shop around for the best price so no I will not just shut up and not mention it. I like eggs for breakfast and it pi$$es me off that they are 5X the price of two years ago.

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by thevillages2013

Too high? Not to high. So you want me to just walk away and not buy eggs. Trust me I am a cheap ******* and I shop around for the best price so no I will not just shut up and not mention it. I like eggs for breakfast and it pi$$es me off that they are 5X the price of two years ago.

Apparently the algorithms on this site won’t let one use the word ba$tard even when referring to oneself

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

Their are no biddies it’s neighbor turning in neighbor’s

Smells like guilt coming to the surface

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by DangeloInspections

My granddaughter has 4 chickens. She cares for them, feeds them and collects the eggs daily. I am teaching her capitalism.....I buy a dozen eggs from her when needed....I pay her $5.00 per dozen, delivered to me. She is saving her money. She won a blue ribbon at the 4H county fair.

If you have ever tried real fresh farm raised eggs, you will never go back to buying them from a store.

Frank D.

Now that is awesome

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by NotGolfer

Did some grocery shopping yesterday and my bagged lettuce has increased for sure. I could express my opinion but probably would be put in "jail" and don't care to do that at this point.

Stop buying bagged lettuce. They have to wash and process it which requires employees and they are scarce. Having said that I wish you could express your opinion too. Maybe on Twitter soon

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

4 million chickens is less than 1% of the chickens, it is not the reason. The BIG reason, in my not so humble opinion, and it is opinion, I have not looked into it, is fuel and feed prices are hitting the egg farmers.

I listened to an NPR article interviewing a farmer in New Mexico the other day, his year over year cost of diesel fuel when from $6,000 to $16,000 and fertilizer more than doubled since last year.

We are in a pretty high inflation period, that is possibly due to so much money being dumped into circulation because of the pandemic. It was the right thing to do, might have been done better. Now, I fear draconian measures are going to be put in place to stop the inflation and we will see a serious recession next year. But, that is just my opinion, I am not an economist.

Sorry you lost me at NPR

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Will the ARC complain if we put a little chicken coop behind our house.?

The two old biddies will not be able to see if from the street and think of all the money we can make selling eggs.

Truth, you will find we are not allowed to keep chickens. I've never kept chickens but we had a friend who did. Like most farm products it is amazing how cheap it is. Commonly grown stuff. Tomatoes-you buy the pots for, the soil for, the plants for. Our cost per sq foot of garden space. Cost for YOUR LABOR. True cost?

I'm growing blueberries. The birds eat all of them. I left them a bill and they claim they can't read. Chickens. If, they were legal the racoons, cayotes would not even thank you for dinner.