Funniest Things A City Slicker Has Ever Said To You?

[Imakedo]

I'd actually forgotten Easter was coming up until I stopped inside the market to pick up one thing and each checkout lane had a line.

 

[rikithemonk]

I was living in a little rundown apartment building and a young woman in her early 20's would not believe where beef came from. "It couldn't come from those nice, soft eyed cows. It's made in factories." There was no convincing her otherwise.

My daughter who was 14 at the time wouldn't believe me when I told her hamburger was cow.

Its funny how we get odd little beliefs in our heads. Farms have chickens and farms have roosters. They must naturally go together, so you assume you need both to get eggs. But if you think deeper on the subject logic tells you the rooster isn't necessary. but there is no reason for most people to put that much thought into it. And so they don't.

Same thing about dirty eggs. As a society we don't eat dead things, and we don't eat things that have been on the ground. Its unsanitary and disgusting. But if you are like us, and know where your food comes from, then you realize that we actually eat dead things and things that have been on or under the ground all the time. Its just a matter of perspective.

Personally I would rather not buy eggs or chicken from the grocery store, but sadly local farmers in my area seem to think their chickens are made of solid silver and I simply cant afford their prices, Their perspective is that they have free range, hormone free, drug free birds that health nuts and yuppies are willing to buy. My perspective is that its ......a chicken. And so, they priced me right out of their market. I know they say the small farms spend more raising the chickens than the Factory farms do, but If you think about it, that cant really be true. Antibiotics are expensive and Antidepressants are even more expensive So constantly dumping Both antibiotics and anti depressants into the water supply for a massive factory farm every day for a year has got to cost a massive amount.

Just my 2 cents.


Riki

 

[Razor1616]

My wife gave a lady at work a doz eggs, and i guess they were the first eggs that she had received from anywhere but the grocery. the first thing she asked; "they wont hatch in my fridge will they?"

~Nathan

 

[rikithemonk]

Funny post . My ex-sisterinlaw once stated, there was no way she would eat a egg from a yard chicken. My brother asked her why, she said she wasn't eating anything that comes out of a chickens bu%%, that she would stick with the factory eggs. True story. Had a lady tell me once that marshmellows came from a marshmellow tree!

She was wrong. Toady's Marshmallows are sugar, corn syrup vanilla, etc. No trees in it, However, the modern marshmallow is based on the Althaea officinalis (Marshmallow, Marsh Mallow, or Common Marshmallow)which is a species of plant indigenous to Africa, that is used as a medicinal plant . A candy similar to marshmallows were made from the plant root.

Plant, not tree

Riki

 

[FireTigeris]

My daughter who was 14 at the time wouldn't believe me when I told her hamburger was cow.

Its funny how we get odd little beliefs in our heads. Farms have chickens and farms have roosters. They must naturally go together, so you assume you need both to get eggs. But if you think deeper on the subject logic tells you the rooster isn't necessary. but there is no reason for most people to put that much thought into it. And so they don't.

Same thing about dirty eggs. As a society we don't eat dead things, and we don't eat things that have been on the ground. Its unsanitary and disgusting. But if you are like us, and know where your food comes from, then you realize that we actually eat dead things and things that have been on or under the ground all the time. Its just a matter of perspective.

Personally I would rather not buy eggs or chicken from the grocery store, but sadly local farmers in my area seem to think their chickens are made of solid silver and I simply cant afford their prices, Their perspective is that they have free range, hormone free, drug free birds that health nuts and yuppies are willing to buy. My perspective is that its ......a chicken. And so, they priced me right out of their market. I know they say the small farms spend more raising the chickens than the Factory farms do, but If you think about it, that cant really be true. Antibiotics are expensive and Antidepressants are even more expensive So constantly dumping Both antibiotics and anti depressants into the water supply for a massive factory farm every day for a year has got to cost a massive amount.

Just my 2 cents.


Riki

Sorry, running a tiny farm this isn't true, they spend money once on a large concrete building, they only use the chickens when they are useful and then sell them off for soup or dog food or whatever... they are buying everything in bulk and have deals with suppliers.

I have to predator proof a much smaller place but with material that deteriorates every 3-5 years- and I have to get my food retail, to break even I need to sell eggs at three dollars a doz. that keeps me in permits, coop materials, and food- this does not cover my electricity, or time, or gas, or water, or cleaning supplies, or emergency care like medication or vets.

 

[cassie]

My daughter who was 14 at the time wouldn't believe me when I told her hamburger was cow.

Its funny how we get odd little beliefs in our heads. Farms have chickens and farms have roosters. They must naturally go together, so you assume you need both to get eggs. But if you think deeper on the subject logic tells you the rooster isn't necessary. but there is no reason for most people to put that much thought into it. And so they don't.

Same thing about dirty eggs. As a society we don't eat dead things, and we don't eat things that have been on the ground. Its unsanitary and disgusting. But if you are like us, and know where your food comes from, then you realize that we actually eat dead things and things that have been on or under the ground all the time. Its just a matter of perspective.

Personally I would rather not buy eggs or chicken from the grocery store, but sadly local farmers in my area seem to think their chickens are made of solid silver and I simply cant afford their prices, Their perspective is that they have free range, hormone free, drug free birds that health nuts and yuppies are willing to buy. My perspective is that its ......a chicken. And so, they priced me right out of their market. I know they say the small farms spend more raising the chickens than the Factory farms do, but If you think about it, that cant really be true. Antibiotics are expensive and Antidepressants are even more expensive So constantly dumping Both antibiotics and anti depressants into the water supply for a massive factory farm every day for a year has got to cost a massive amount.

Just my 2 cents.


Riki

Commercial operations spend MUCH less to produce whatever than individual small scale producers do. Baby chicks purchased by the hundreds or thousands cost a lot less per chick than chicks purchased in units of 25 or 100. Feed purchased in bulk by the semi truckload is a lot less per pound than feed purchased by the bag. I have never heard of giving antidepressants to chickens or any other livestock. Feed grade antibiotics, if used at all, are cheap.

 

[dainerra]

as Cassie was saying, the factory farms spend less per animal. Not that they don't spend more money for the entire farm. They have such large quantities that the death of an animal (even a dozen or more birds) isn't going to make a big difference in their bottom line. If you have 24 birds, then the death of 2 or 3 is going to make a huge difference in your profit. If you have 240, then you won't even notice they are gone.
You might pay $2.65 a bird for sexed pullets for 24 birds. They will pay $2.40 each and that kind of savings really adds up! The same with food. I pay $13 for 50/lbs. The farm down the street will pay $100 for 500/lbs.

So, it takes a year to take the bird to market. Say it takes 200 lbs of food per bird. (I'm making that number up. )

my costs. $2.65 for the bird
$52 for food (4 50lb bags at $13 = .26/lb)
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$54.65

Their costs $2.40 for the bird
$40 for the food (20 cents/lb)
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$42.40 per bird

They are automatically $12 ahead of you at the end of the year. Multiply that by THOUSANDS of birds that are basically pre-sold (guaranteed supermarket customers) and viola!

 

[legacyalive]

please explain. I have milked cows for more years than I can count. I all look the same to me.




Of course I keep being told my favorite is a Bull just because we didn't get her dehorned. She sure gives alot of milk for a bull.

 

[Bettacreek]

Milk is a little different. While commercial farms can still put your costs per gallon to shame, there's a law out there to keep minimum prices on a gallon of milk. That helps to keep the little guys in business. They could probably produce milk at less than 20% of what you're producing a gallon of milk at!

 

[legacyalive]

The powers that be have figured out it cost the average dairy farmer about $16.00/100# . It does fluctuate a bit . . Thank goodness the grass has started to grow ,when they are on grass it cost me less.