A half dozen checkens could forage the back yard of a 1/2 acre fine I think. I have lived around them before, I just think most that are buying them have no idea what they are getting into. I predict massive chicken flocks roaming the streets in a few weeks...until they are made into chicken fajitas or road kill.
On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 11:00 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > They forage for extra protein (bugs) or so I'm told. I presume if they > ranged a large enough area they could live on just forage, but wouldn't > they be leaner if they spent all day running around looking for seeds and > bugs? > > I do enjoy the politician analogy. IMO, the underlying drawback of > democratic processes is that you'll end up being led by people who honestly > believe they're better than everyone else. The person who is willing to > stand in front of a crowd of thousands and declare "vote for me because I > am *clearly* the best person for this job" is basically guaranteed to be > a narcissist or an idiot. You're probably better off with the narcissist, > but sometimes you'll get the idiot. It would be best of all if you can get > a person who is at once stable, ethical, and competent, but that's only > going to happen 1% of the time. The narcissists will lie to manipulate > people and the idiots will promise the impossible because they don't know > better. Either way they'll say things voters like better than the nuanced > facts of real life. > > I'd love some sort of meritocratic control mechanism built into the > process, but it's hard to imagine a way to prevent such a thing from being > corrupted. > > > On 4/6/2020 11:34 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > I guess feeding them is cheap, literally “chicken feed”. > > > > Maybe people see chickens pecking at the ground and assume they eat dirt. > Cracked corn is indeed cheap. Whenever I go to Farm&Fleet or RuralKing, > they have lots of bags of chicken feed, so chickens must be popular. > > > > I remember when my daughter still lived with us, she decided she wanted to > raise some ducks. She literally mail ordered ducklings. I suspect most > people would buy chicks rather than have a rooster and raise their own. > Even our local pig farms are not typically farrow-to-finish, same with > cows. Raising the babies and then feeding them to slaughter tend to be > separate specialties. > > > > Some people say Mick Jagger reminds them of a rooster. I think > politicians are like roosters. Noisy, self absorbed, don’t produce any > eggs, aren’t even good eating, but you still need them. > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *Steven Kenney > *Sent:* Monday, April 6, 2020 9:58 AM > *To:* af <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Texans begin hoarding chickens during pandemic > > > > They don't live that long too so you only get eggs for a year or so.. so > you need roosters and if you have roosters you can have fertilized eggs... > and loud and annoying noises ! We have rules in our town you can't have > roosters because the noise bothers neighbors. Texas on the other hand > everyone lives far apart :) > > > > -- > Steven Kenney > Network Operations Manager > WaveDirect Telecommunications > http://www.wavedirect.net > (519)737-WAVE (9283) > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > *To: *"af" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Monday, April 6, 2020 10:53:31 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Texans begin hoarding chickens during pandemic > > > > Yep...and worse...the smell of chicken shit.... > > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020, 10:52 PM Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I wonder if they understand what it takes to raise a chicken so it will > lay eggs. Where are they going to house them, what are they going to feed > them? So Stupid. > > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 9:22 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > > https://www.newsweek.com/texans-begin-hoarding-chickens-during-coronavirus-pandemic-1496226 > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > > Lewis Bergman > > 325-439-0533 Cell > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Lewis Bergman 325-439-0533 Cell
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