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Frankly amazed by how much my household garbage has reduced since I started composting. I feel a little guilty that I didn’t start this years ago—big impact for relatively little effort.
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@Minholkin Same here. Now I want less pay for my trash pickup.. wishful thinking..
I had that thought, too—I’m so glad I have a small family trash pickup in lieu of the big business that kept pushing the price up years ago.
Composting will do that, as will chickens. Our chickens get all kitchen waste. When I told that to my Mom years ago, she asked with some alarm, “then what will you do for compost in your garden?!” I replied that I compost the chicken litter and use that, so I basically run the kitchen scraps through the chickens first, before composting. 😆😂🤣
@Minholkin @Myrth @MrsE0113 I want chickens too! Cautionary tale: the first time my Uncle bought two dozen chicks to start raising chickens for eggs they ALL turned out to be roosters! 😂
@Sheree @Minholkin @Myrth @MrsE0113
Now, that's a bit of luck...
At least you know if your Uncle gambled to ALWAYS bet the other way!!
LOL!
Pro tip: if you do not fancy raising your own meat, do NOT buy “straight run” which is supposed to be “as hatched” and about 50/50 male female on average, but instead tends to be more male because of the next option. You want to buy “pullets” which are females. They pay someone to peek at their newly hatched chicks’ vents (Chicken private parts) to figure out which are female. Their accuracy on that is usually in the high 90*s%.
@Myrth Thank you! This is great info for we newbies! 🐣🐤🐥
@Minholkin I have had chickens for many, many years, including when the family was young. Raising livestock (and a garden) is a good way for children to learn where food comes from. Also helps them learn responsibility.
I am so glad that many urban areas are allowing chickens now. Eggs go in and out of medical fashion, but they are a good source of vitamins and protein.
So, yes, get chickens! 👍🐔
@Myrth @Minholkin
Chickens can be a gateway drug...I mean farm animal.
@Kurtroedeger yes they can! My gateway drug was horses. If you want a horse and don’t have a lot of money to pay to board it somewhere, you move to a rural area and buy a cheap bit of land with an old house and a barn for the horse. And then, with that land, and all that abundant grass, you start raising... lots of different critters! 😆
I have, over the years...
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Needless to say, I don’t travel too often...
But we have a sort of vacation spot for family visits. 🙃
@Myrth I have chickens ducks and sheep right now. Need to set up better if I want the pigs I've been debating for a while. Live next to a farm so have cows there to visit if I want.
@Kurtroedeger My dad raised two pigs a year, as that was all we needed. I had to help feed them, and I got attached, which made late fall and early winter a difficult time for me. @Myrth
@Kurtroedeger You don't slaughter them, do you? Dad always slaughtered ours. He took the carcass to a local processor. @Myrth
@Kurtroedeger our pigs. We never raised sheep. @Myrth
@Kurtroedeger Mutton was never a part of our diet. It's probably for the best. Lambs and sheep are cute. @Myrth
@Myrth @MrsE0113
I admit to being intrigued by the prospect of chickens 😄 Maybe once I get these kids launched!