Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer?
by ilikecakeandpie on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:55AM
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Do you know anyone where this has been the case?
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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer?
by giantg2 on Thursday February 20, 2025 @10:44AM
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Yes, I know people who raise chickens for dual purpose. There are entire breeds of chickens that are dedicated to dual production.
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer?
by slothtrop on Thursday February 20, 2025 @09:01AM
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* gestures to most of recorded history *
Before the industrial revolution, 80% of us worked the land, most familiar with animal agriculture.
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer?
by ilikecakeandpie on Thursday February 20, 2025 @10:32AM
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This is irrelevant. Do you bring up that before the industrial revolution that grown men used to marry children when people talk about modern views on grooming?
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer?
by slothtrop on Thursday February 20, 2025 @11:26AM
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Did you miss the context? The other user questions whether people have ever been unperturbed by slaughter when raising animals. It's a strange sentiment when you consider that historically we have been much, much closer to the animals we consume and intimately familiar with the process of how they get to the table.