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Went to the grocery store in Aliceville for a few items which included eggs. They have gone crazy. 10.00 for 18 eggs
Two roads diverged in the woods and I took the one with deep ruts,hills and mud.It may be bumpy but WHAT A RIDE!
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Mine are on strike for some reason
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Mine just started laying again
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Mine just got done molting. Finally getting a couple eggs a day but not at full strength yet.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
My phone screen does not always work right, usually a lot of misspelled words....
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Key to having year round eggs is to raise some mid-late summer. Once they hit the age where they start laying they’ll lay no matter what for a while. The next year the production will drop off as the days get shorter.
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Pumpkin - The Thermal Expert
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Ive just got back into the chicken business. Got 15 right now, 25 more coming in two months. Freedom rangers. Planning on gathering eggs and eating the chickens too. Just trying toexit the medicated food industry as much as possible. Weve grown tired of the possibility our food will make us sick or kill us
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I got 30 . Still laying enough for my family .young an old . Got incubator I raised couple bunch every yr. Rhode Island reds, Dominque and some pretty grey hens . Got 8 bantams . Them are really pretty . I really enjoy my chickens . Built a barn and new enclosed fence just for them
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I got 60 eggs for $14 at Kroger three days ago. Might be a difference from Al to Sc. Don’t know.
"We have an opponent in this state that we work every day, 365 days a year, to dominate."
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I’m still getting 4-6 a day from my 9 hens. I put a timed light in their coop that gives them an extra hour or so of light. That seems to help in the winter.
May not lay today though, hawk tried to get after them and some new pullets, Cluck Norris (RIR Rooster) got after it once and ran it off. Hope it stays gone
We are not perfect, only forgiven!!!
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$10 for 18 eggs will seem like a deal by the time you add the expenses of chickens up. lol
I do enjoy them though.
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Mine new batch started laying good. I got 20 eggs today
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Went to the grocery store in Aliceville for a few items which included eggs. They have gone crazy. 10.00 for 18 eggs I was there Friday and forgot the eggs..hit the DG in Pickensville...they said $3.85 a dozen but rang up $5.... The winn Dixie up 43n had the good egglands best 24ct for $6.99... I'll have to catch them next time I'm up that way.
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Mine are on strike for some reason my nephew came over and said to throw a deer carcass in the pen and they will lay all winter, so I did and they did till they didn't, then I called him back and he said they were stressed and to remove the carcass. So I went outside and sure enough a bunch of buzzards were circling above so I removed it and sure enough they started laying again.
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Get yall some chicken crack and you won't feed them anything else. They only played one here and there when they were molting but I am getting 3 a day now. Have 8 hens. In the spring I'll be overwhelmed with eggs and I give them away.
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.” -- Thomas Jefferson
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Mine all been et up by coons, only 3 hens and 2 roosters left. Caught 5 coons and 4 possums, maybe more, trying to get the last few of them. Yes eggs are crazy high now.
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GUVNER
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Speaking of chickens. I know they can fly a little bit. I didnt know they could fly like this. https://x.com/pmcafrica/status/1873277739333222901
"Never Trust Government" -- Smart people.
"The Great thing we should Fear and the Weird Thing we Trust is Elon Musk" -- Me
"You can be broke but you cant be poor." -- Ruthie-May Webster
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We start construction on our coop tomorrow. I have to cut a tree off our fence first thanks to last night.
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Mine all been et up by coons, only 3 hens and 2 roosters left. Caught 5 coons and 4 possums, maybe more, trying to get the last few of them. Yes eggs are crazy high now. Yeah you have to build Fort Knox. I still trap coons trying to get into the coop. I made an apron out of welded wire around the coop so nothing can dig underneath it in one night.
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.” -- Thomas Jefferson
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Went to the grocery store in Aliceville for a few items which included eggs. They have gone crazy. 10.00 for 18 eggs I don’t need eggs that bad.
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Mine all been et up by coons, only 3 hens and 2 roosters left. Caught 5 coons and 4 possums, maybe more, trying to get the last few of them. Yes eggs are crazy high now. Yeah you have to build Fort Knox. I still trap coons trying to get into the coop. I made an apron out of welded wire around the coop so nothing can dig underneath it in one night. Dig a trench and set the wire down about 4 inches in concrete.
"The Heavens declare the glory of God;and the firmament sheweth his handiwork" Pslam 19:1
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