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And I bought half of them, I think.
We also bought some birds. Some EE pullets, near ready to lay, for $1.25 each, and a cage of 6 month old Cuckoo Maran roos for two dollars each. We want to try an experiment. We are going to fatten them up just a little more, then butcher them, see how they taste. I believe in heritage breeds for the table, and it costs well over $10 to raise them to eating age. This way, someone else did all the work raising them, and we get to eat them for a fraction of the cost of raising them ourselves. Of course, we don't know exactly what sort of lives they lived, but it has got to be better than factory farms, we reckon.
Speaking of which, why do people do that? I understand a lot of birds just don't have enough meat on them, like banties and games and exatics. But why would somebody raise up a nice big bird perfect for the table, then turn around and sell them for less than they would have cost them as chicks? Better to put them on the table, I should think.
Great deals tonight, but I felt bad for the sellers and the auction folks. It was nickel and dime night for sure. I felt almost guilty for all my great deals.
Almost.
Mike D made a killing. He bought over a thousand dollars worth of birds for about two hundred bucks. Way to go big Mike!
BTW, Mike, PM me when you get a chance. I think I may have a solution to the dilemma you were talking about earlier in the evening.
