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

[ShrekDawg]

Exactly.
Meyers used to be my preferred hatchery and I live close enough to drive there on occasion.
I think nearly all the other hatcheries have small orders too, but dang....it ends up being like $10 a chick for the most common breeds. Highway robbery, particularly since I remember what I paid for my starter birds back then. Like a third or a quarter of what the same hatcheries are charging now.

Back when I first started with chicks no one, and I mea NO one had small orders. 15 was the limit.... no if, ands, or buts.

Yeah, the shipping is definitely pretty crazy!!! Ends up being like $50 or $75 or whatever for like $20 worth of birds if that

And they seem to go up a ton every year too!! I can see like a few cents maybe but they go up quite a bit it seems!!

It’s good they have small orders though I guess since so many people want backyard chickens now and not like 50 Leghorns or Sex Links but still.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Yeah, the shipping is definitely pretty crazy!!! Ends up being like $50 or $75 or whatever for like $20 worth of birds if that

And they seem to go up a ton every year too!! I can see like a few cents maybe but they go up quite a bit it seems!!

It’s good they have small orders though I guess since so many people want backyard chickens now and not like 50 Leghorns or Sex Links but still.

Right?
When a chick that used to be $1.29 now costs $4.69 in the matter of just a few years something ain't right. I mean it's not like the electricity went up that much, and they don't really feed the chicks before shipping
(don't even get me started on the crazy rising costs of feed...more than double in under 7 years ...grrr....)
Anyway, where was was I? Oh, yeah...ranting about chick prices.
I swear, the moment something becomes popular you can expect the price to quadruple... boom! just like that. Galls the heck out of me when I now have to pay double to quadruple for the exact sames things even though my income is status quo.

(...status quo pre-coronavirus!)

 

[Legacy Farms]

OMG you could probably build a mansion instead!

Don't remind me! The damn hardware cloth was the most expensive! couldn't find rolls in stock over 25'. All I could find was "not in stock" "unavailable" and my favorite in stock July 24th. Because I want to dig holes in solid rock with a big iron breaker bar in the midst of monsoon season.

 

[Legacy Farms]

Yeah, the shipping is definitely pretty crazy!!! Ends up being like $50 or $75 or whatever for like $20 worth of birds if that

And they seem to go up a ton every year too!! I can see like a few cents maybe but they go up quite a bit it seems!!

It’s good they have small orders though I guess since so many people want backyard chickens now and not like 50 Leghorns or Sex Links but still.

I didn't complete an order from a hatchery yesterday because shipping on 9 pullets was $60! Yeah I don't need them that bad!

 

[Legacy Farms]

It cost money to build a Cluckingham Castle!

Seems that is exactly what we are building this weekend! I may need a whole Costco size bottle of rum to get through this build! I'm married to the king of over complicate, over think & over build EVERYTHING.

 

[Don 27]

Here's an interesting article from Scientific American about the potential for habitat destruction to make pandemics more frequent.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...perfect-conditions-for-coronavirus-to-emerge/
I've always contended that overpopulation is our biggest threat.

So what are we supposed to do, kill ourselves? sounds worse to me then any virus just saying. I have yet personally known any one who is dieing because of this virus, but I know many who have lost their jobs \businesses That may not be recoverable. I can understand how viruses could adapt from an animal to a human body but you would think with having more habitat around (which is what they promote) you would have more risk of a virus spreading form a animal to a human ,Correct? If evolution is real like they say wouldn't that mean we are part of it? so is cutting down trees is part of evolution and will evolve to what it's supposed to be, right? Sorry just a little confused? I farm for a side job or more of a life style. I bought a abandoned farm that was full of brush and trees and I re cleared the fields back to what they use to be when farming was a common lifestyle, I can't see no benefit to letting my field become a bunch of brush and trees for the environment. Because of the drop in gran and dairy prices They're are now many abandoned fields on my street and the only environmentally related difference I can tell is the increase in varmints attacking my chickens. I don't mean to bash you, I try to respect every ones opinions on things . I'm just trying to understand this from my point of view...

 

[Legacy Farms]

@KDOGG331

I have an empty 12x12 stall you're welcome too!

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

Anyone ordered from ideal? I checked there like a month ago and the only shipping fee is 7 $ small order fee prices seem the same as other hatcheries

 

[BigBlueHen53]

What? you don't talk to your chickens?

I talk to my chickens. I expect them to understand English.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Seems that is exactly what we are building this weekend! I may need a whole Costco size bottle of rum to get through this build! I'm married to the king of over complicate, over think & over build EVERYTHING.

Lol. "Lord Overdo," eh? Don't knock it too much. In fact, take pics. When the build is complete you can post it in the section where folks show off their awesome coops. And buy more chickens!