Portalguy,
I know where you're coming from, on the idea of this thread. It's very scary. The farm I live on was originally my grandparents. I guess I could say that when my grandpa died in 64, that the old farm died.
My grandma eventually moved to town, and the old home place abandoned. The barns were torn down. The silage pit went the way of the bulldozer.
And now...the scariest part.......that knowledge....the knowledge of agricultural survival, is now worthless carbon 6 feet under.
I have had the oppurtunity to listen to my grandma, and my dad, though am sure I only gleaned a small fraction of what they knew.
My aunt tells me about the days of the depression, and WW2 rationing. My granfolks relatives would come down from Iowa and visit the farm. They went home with milk, cream ,eggs and butter, and canned goods, and breads. My grandparents who were financially strapped, were the richest people on Earth. My aunt said it took years to figure out why her friends always wanted to come over to her house and play....THEY HAD FOOD!!!GOOD FOOD AND LOTS OF IT!!!!
But my gramps and gram still had teams to work with, and primitive tools to use. They had a wood stove, a shack outside to do their necessaries. A cellar in the ground for food storage. Got their water from a cistern, and a well. Churned their own butter
Now I have personally prepared for a few of the things that come with what you speak of.
2 years ago we had an ice storm here. Some people were with out power for 9 or 10 days. We had temperatures below freezing the whole time. Now get this, many people i know had to throw food from their freezer away....they were not even smart enough to move it to the garage. The aftermath of Katrina is a perfect example. Within 24 hours, many will be back to the stone age.
If society and technology as we know it were to collapse tomorrow.........MY GOD! I really do not know what to say.
I see the news stories of a hurricane coming. People out buying bottled water. And batteries........lol SAD.
Most people today, it is a major catastophre when the air conditioner quits. They could not survive the night in the back yard..
I digress.....I would say you will not need to worry about what to feed your chickens..........you will have to worry about keeping your chickens from being eaten.
My God they have finally done it............enslaved us all.