Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[FortCluck]

My feed store was totally out of chicks when I went the other day. Not sure if they are getting more or not.

You don't need them

 

[ShrekDawg]

You don't need them

I know not planning on getting any LOL just thought it was odd they were out. Their minimum is 6 anyway so even if I wanted some, no room lol

 

[21hens-incharge]

SON OF A!!!! Just got the stay at home order for my county!

I have DUCKS coming in the mail next week!!!!!

They just pressed my panic button!!!!!

 

[Boonie Stomper]

For Maryland USA folks out there.

 

[ShrekDawg]

SON OF A!!!! Just got the stay at home order for my county!

I have DUCKS coming in the mail next week!!!!!

They just pressed my panic button!!!!!

I think you’re still allowed to go to the post office so it should be fine.

 

[rosemarythyme]

My neighbor started giving me vegetables to put in my compost/give to my chickens. I felt a little weird taking things out to eat myself... she gave me some broccoli and carrots and greens that looked like they could have come straight off the store shelf! They were maybe a little limp but nothing that sitting in water for 20 minutes didn't fix. I've heard that 30-40% of America's food supply is wasted. It's such a tragedy considering how many hungry people live in this country .

When I was a child I was grateful for the people who didn't want imperfect veggies. For a couple of years we lived in large part off the unwanted leftover produce from a kind neighbor who had a small pig and vegetable farm. He allowed my mom to go and pick whatever she wanted from whatever wasn't good enough to sell... crooked carrots, end of season peas, etc. We got a TON of food that way, made a big difference to my family to be able to get ample fresh food like that for nothing.

Our grocery store has the bargain bin for vegetables and it's usually vegetables that are very good, but the store has to chuck them because customers won't buy flawed vegetables.

One of the booths at the farmer's market also has a discount bin and I usually buy stuff for the chickens there (some of it truly is beaten up, chickens don't care) but other times, I honestly can't tell the difference between the discount produce and their "good" produce. I'm not ashamed to eat it.

Anyone venture out to the stores recently?

What does it look like?

Just got back from hitting 2 stores. Very random things are in stock/not in stock. Store 1: Ham hocks were back in stock (yay, because I can't have beans without ham hocks) and plenty of meat and pasta. Still little to no rice and beans. Store 2: Chip aisle was decimated (couldn't get either one I wanted) as well as dairy. Plant milks were still plentiful and on sale so I got my hemp milk at least.

Also, can I rant a moment? A shopper was bullying her way through the store, screaming "Stay 6 feet away!" anytime anyone came anywhere near her. Well, the aisles are only about 6' wide... SHE WAS EXPECTING PEOPLE TO BACK UP OUT OF HER WAY. She wanted the whole aisle to herself. Excuse me, who made you queen? Why should other people get out of your way when you chose to shop in a busy store in the middle of the day??

Lot's of peeps getting interested in raising chickens now that many areas are out of eggs.

(And 6 months from now they'll all be here, crying, "Where's my eggs?!!!" Raising your own food is a lesson in patience.)

The feed store I was eyeballing is still getting chicks but they appear to be selling out on the same day they get them. I was thinking of getting a few chicks but I'm already inundated with eggs so I'll avoid the whole uncertainly of not being able to get the feed I want, and skip chicks for the year.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Up here in small town NJ things are greatly improved. Princess was able to buy everything she wanted, but some items were in limited supply. She did not check on paper products as we are well stocked with TP and paper towels. I will be going to the Amish market tomorrow (assuming that it will be open) - last Thursday they had adequate supplies of meat, vegetables, and bakery goods.

I miss the Amish market in Cockeysville, MD. They were so awesome. You could buy bison meat there.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I think you’re still allowed to go to the post office so it should be fine.

Reading up on it....and what is or is not ok it seems like it is more like a "For reals PEOPLE!! Quit gathering in groups!" kind of request more than an order.

Works for me cause I am not a crowd kinda person anyway.

We will see what the news has to say pretty soon.

 

[FortCluck]

When I was a child I was grateful for the people who didn't want imperfect veggies. For a couple of years we lived in large part off the unwanted leftover produce from a kind neighbor who had a small pig and vegetable farm. He allowed my mom to go and pick whatever she wanted from whatever wasn't good enough to sell... crooked carrots, end of season peas, etc. We got a TON of food that way, made a big difference to my family to be able to get ample fresh food like that for nothing.



One of the booths at the farmer's market also has a discount bin and I usually buy stuff for the chickens there (some of it truly is beaten up, chickens don't care) but other times, I honestly can't tell the difference between the discount produce and their "good" produce. I'm not ashamed to eat it.



Just got back from hitting 2 stores. Very random things are in stock/not in stock. Store 1: Ham hocks were back in stock (yay, because I can't have beans without ham hocks) and plenty of meat and pasta. Still little to no rice and beans. Store 2: Chip aisle was decimated (couldn't get either one I wanted) as well as dairy. Plant milks were still plentiful and on sale so I got my hemp milk at least.

Also, can I rant a moment? A shopper was bullying her way through the store, screaming "Stay 6 feet away!" anytime anyone came anywhere near her. Well, the aisles are only about 6' wide... SHE WAS EXPECTING PEOPLE TO BACK UP OUT OF HER WAY. She wanted the whole aisle to herself. Excuse me, who made you queen? Why should other people get out of your way when you chose to shop in a busy store in the middle of the day??



(And 6 months from now they'll all be here, crying, "Where's my eggs?!!!" Raising your own food is a lesson in patience.)

The feed store I was eyeballing is still getting chicks but they appear to be selling out on the same day they get them. I was thinking of getting a few chicks but I'm already inundated with eggs so I'll avoid the whole uncertainly of not being able to get the feed I want, and skip chicks for the year.

You could shop at my house if you were closer enough. I have chicks from a day old to 16 weeks old.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

You could line a fishing dip net with a fine mesh.

I was in Walmart Monday. The fabric I was talking about to make a seine out of was Burlap. They use to make feed bags out of it.