Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

From our county Sheriff's Department:
"Travel advisory to reduce speed and use caution when traveling. Ice and slush have accumulated on the roadways making it difficult to maintain control of your vehicle. The sheriff's office has responded to vehicles stuck in the roadway, a vehicle and semi off road, a motor vehicle accident, and trees that have fallen into the roadway. If you need to travel use caution and reduce speed."

WOW.. It is 72 degrees and sunny here in the Banana belt...

Except for the 4 inches of glazed ice everywhere it is a great day...

 

[Earthlark]

I think we need to discuss “chickens” before we pm.

It seems price is the main issue. The chickens or eggs are not going to be cheaper or much cheaper than buying hatchery birds.

All birds are not equal. Some of us pay fairly hefty prices ( in chicken terms) for our birds. We care for them, we feed them, we treat them with better conditions than the hatchery stock. They are more costly to keep than a thousand or more in confinement.

We search out better birds to improve ours, or in the case of Jerry to make a new variety or breed.

We spend tons of money showing our birds, which entails washing, grooming, giving them individual lodging. Then traveling 100s of miles to show them. Which means 2-3 days or more in a motel, all of which costs money.

Now we do trade and give birds between ourselves. We help each other with chicken tasks, processing them, vaccinating them, testing them and so forth. Many work with 4H kids or are 4H kids to preserve a rural lifestyle in an world becoming urban way too fast.

Many of us know each other personally in real life.

We do none chicken things together, we are friends. I might be touchy today, but I read your post as being a tad rude, for lack of a better word..Hopefully I just read it wrong. I have “given” away too many birds or eggs to strangers only to have to compete against my own birds the next fall..

If you want to join us as friends or would be super one can never have too many friends. If you think coming here and asking for eggs or chicks is just a cheaper way to get birds, I am not interested in selling them to you. If you want all the rest I will gladly sell them to you, and see you at our next gathering for whatever it is..

So if costs is your only concern I suggest you try a hatchery.

Thanks..

If this is out of line I will pull it down.. must be old age hitting me..

Thank you for your reply. I appologize if I was rude. That wasn't my intention.

I think I may be in the wrong forum. I didn't realize this community was focused on breeding and showing. (I'm more interested in the utilitarian aspects of raising chickens in a humane, organic, and economical manner at this at this point as I don't have much spare time or income).

Again, I'm sorry to have offended and taken your time. Thank you for your reply and initial offer, and for letting me know how the forum works. Happy chicken raising!

 

[holm25]

Thanks for the reply! I'm okay with any color as I'm mainly interested in docile birds that are good layers. (Trying to find ways to better support household without bugging the neighbors too much. Eventually want to get some of my ABE students going with chickens as well!) However, if I were to list my color preference, it'd look like this: 1) black 2) blue 3) buff 4) white.

Hey I’m going to ABE classes right now... Have GED tests set up for tomorrow...

 

[holm25]

That is a noble goal.

I have yet to raise a dozen eggs for less than walmart sells them. But I at least know where my eggs come from...

What is ABE?

It is super you want to get kids involved in chickens, I think all kids should know where food comes from...

Adult Basic Education

 

[duluthralphie]

Thank you for your reply. I appologize if I was rude. That wasn't my intention.

I think I may be in the wrong forum. I didn't realize this community was focused on breeding and showing. (I'm more interested in the utilitarian aspects of raising chickens in a humane, organic, and economical manner at this at this point as I don't have much spare time or income).

Again, I'm sorry to have offended and taken your time. Thank you for your reply and initial offer, and for letting me know how the forum works. Happy chicken raising!

It is not just show chickens it is all chickens. The breeders tend to be show people is all...
You are very welcome here.

 

[memphis]

Holm... good luck on the GED tests!!

 

[Cebarmlds]

Hey I’m going to ABE classes right now... Have GED tests set up for tomorrow...

After being home schooled is the GED the only way to graduate?

 

[duluthralphie]

After being home schooled is the GED the only way to graduate?

I was going to ask the same thing.

 

[Cebarmlds]

I was going to ask the same thing.

You are so smart

 

[duluthralphie]

You are so smart

Nope,. you are. You asked it, I just thought about asking it.