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wingstone said:
gotta vent just a little....
went to grocery store today with hubby (grocery shopping is his ) I couldn't believe the things I saw there....6 eggs for $2.59 ( free range my arse ) ......4 very small frozen quail for $12.00......frozen turducken for $70.00.......a very small pack of lamb about the size of a piece of bread for $20.00.....

are people really buying this stuff, or am i just way out of touch with normal people,,,,,have i been growing and raising my own food for so long that I lost track...

i admit that i avoid the grocery store and the little bit of meat that i buy comes from the butcher shop. but really.....
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these people think this is health food, and have more money than brains, if YOU ask that much for six eggs they would think you were crazy, when we had good eating sheep and tried to sell it already butchered, cut and wrapped for two dollars a pound they thought something was wrong with it, hey, i have a dil that wants organic milk for her kids, my grandkids, so i bought her a milk cow, all she has to do is break it to milk(the cows in milk) my husband made her a head stanchion and taught the cow to go in to eat, all she has to do is milk her ( i also bought a stop kick so she can't kick when milking) guess i will have to break the cow myself if i can hobble down to the barn, i'm sure if i milk betty, the dil will take the milk lol
 
wingstone said:
gotta vent just a little....
went to grocery store today with hubby (grocery shopping is his ) I couldn't believe the things I saw there....6 eggs for $2.59 ( free range my arse ) ......4 very small frozen quail for $12.00......frozen turducken for $70.00.......a very small pack of lamb about the size of a piece of bread for $20.00.....

are people really buying this stuff, or am i just way out of touch with normal people,,,,,have i been growing and raising my own food for so long that I lost track...

i admit that i avoid the grocery store and the little bit of meat that i buy comes from the butcher shop. but really.....
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I will admit that my food bill (family of 6) is OUT OF CONTROL!!!! We are trying to learn to eat more local, seasonal food and I plan on growing as much as I can this year. I would love to find a good place for beef and pork. We no longer eat chicken.

We are going to have to go GF here at the beginning of Feb (an experiment for our two children) and I know that is going to break us....
 
Pngzv said:
thanks for the input on guinea hens im going to definatly get some gunna try and not let my daughter spoil them so they kiinda run wild.. i heard they roost like turkey and taste like grouse! althuogh i have a old 10x10 shed im gunna convert into a coup for them
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just don't put them with chickens after they grow up or they will pluck the chickens naked , or at least mine did years ago, so we got rid of the guineas until this past spring when my husband wanted some more so we got him six, they had a coro hen raised with them and were fine with her, but about two weeks ago, they decided they no longer like chickens and ran my young chicks up the hill and onto the road, one got killed and friends have told us (we're at work) that they go across the road themselves and cars have to stop , if one gets hurt i think the rest would attack whatever hurt the one
BUT i like them, so they stay
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Ditto with Sharron, when we decreased our guineas, I made sure the one I had seen pecking the chickens was removed. They have a pecking order too so you may have to adjust some attitudes. Our three are doing fine now. We shall see what the spring brings with them.
 
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Would have loved to see this and the arena looks only1/2 full. Hope the pic is visible to you all!

The famous butter sculpture
 

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