From what I've seen, it can be more than a few "free" eggs. Lots of people give away or sell their excess. Just a few chickens can produce a lot of eggs in the right conditions.Chickens seem cool to have. I was pretty serious about getting some a few years ago, but decided the work involved outweighed the benefit. Just me here, so it's hard to justify caring for birds for a few "free" eggs.
Yes, all broken up and gooey stuff everywhere called the 'Sandra' iirc. Closer to Florida and the Bahamas. Been there since the 50'sDDT?! Hope it isn't leaking :^O
I think they eat grass and bugs. You can grow a patch of chicken greens for them to eat. Make sure they can't get to their eggs, or they will eat those too. I think they either naturally, or readily carry salmonella, so wash well and cook well. Their poop is a powerful plant fertilizer. Kinda sounds like big business based on convenience really screwed a lot of people over since it makes us dependent on so much more, makes society less robust to disasters, takes away natural food recycling, ect. But, how do they tax your personal farm/garden if you spent you time doing that rather than busting your butt earning paper?In addition to the disappearance of the current egg market (surely something Big Egg wants to prevent from happening), it's been said that if everyone owned chickens, some of our waste and landfill problems could be fixed exceptionally quickly since everyone would feed scraps and much of their "waste byproduct" to their chickens. They will evidently eat just about anything.
I think I heard this last fact second hand somewhere as a part of something that was talked about frequently on Joe Rogan's podcast, so I don't personally know how credible the info is. However, it makes sense, and there are enough real benefits to the first part to make owning chickens worthwhile. They apparently lay tons of eggs and they are easy to raise and maintain. I've heard some rumors that they carry a lot of diseases. That is likely unfounded so long as they are vaccinated and whatnot.
@SeanKroll good job recycling something that looks perfectly useful and well made at that. It looks like they've even run some electrical through it already. Good use for the Skidsteer.
I heard that from somewhere, twitter I think. It's like they are poisoning the feed. I've had bad luck with potting soil last year. Stuff just didn't want to grow.The more they graze, the better your eggs will be. The more light and warmth they get, the more they lay. Along with good nutrition.
Feed prices are way up and you want to consider making your own feed if possible. We had to take our chickens off the store bought feed recent to get any eggs. And we were just supplementing.
That's why you noodle the 4' rounds in to manageable sized chunks. A 4' round has 4x the wood of a 2' round, and almost 2x the wood of a 3' round. Lots of wasted firewood, if the customer would pay you to dice it up. That's a good job for a 90cc saw and a short bar. I did it to a 50" dia log I had to load by hand. 42" bar to buck it, then 20" bar to dice it up into 40lb chunks.No sense bucking the sections over 4’ dia as the homeowner won’t be able to move it to split it.
I’ve done that a few times to get a tree off the property. The 395 with a 28” is a beast. I’ll bring it up to him. It will be a lot of bull ropes, digging, and 4x4 action but if he’s willing to pay…..That's why you noodle the 4' rounds in to manageable sized chunks. A 4' round has 4x the wood of a 2' round, and almost 2x the wood of a 3' round. Lots of wasted firewood, if the customer would pay you to dice it up. That's a good job for a 90cc saw and a short bar. I did it to a 50" dia log I had to load by hand. 42" bar to buck it, then 20" bar to dice it up into 40lb chunks.