I don't know about any where else in the country but here in southern WV people are buying chickens like crazy. The local feed stores and TSC are selling every single chick within the first few hours after they arrive from the hatcheries. The store where I buy my feed has people lined up two hours before they open!!!! My Idea is that a lot of people are buying them for the eggs and meat since groceries are going up. Here is where it is going to get good for all of us who have been raising them for years!! I figure that many of these people have no clue as to what they are getting themselves into and how much it is going to cost them to raise their chicks untill the first egg comes along. Also how much work is involved. I am thinking that there will be some very good buys in the local Traders Papers in a few months on half raised pullets and roosters. I am going to hold off this year on hatching my new stock just on a hunch that there will be a lot of people who will get out of the chicken business as fast as they got in to it. I hope that many of them will become permanet owners as it will be good for all of us and our hobby/lifestyle. Still, I have my doubts about some of them. Just a Thought.
