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"The big suppliers can ratchet up prices with zero consequences. What are you gonna do about it?" If I was that bothered about eggs, I'd simply grow my own. A
by gerdesj 2y ago
"The big suppliers can ratchet up prices with zero consequences. What are you gonna do about it?"
If I was that bothered about eggs, I'd simply grow my own. Americans on average have way more space to mess around in than say most Europeans - the place is fucking huge. Chickens are very easy to "grow your own".
I'm not an American and clearly you have managed to get your collective knickers in a twist over a non issue, which almost certainly means that there is a bigger picture and a rather more important issue that really needs fixing.
Please stop fiddling whilst Rome burns.
- bdangubic 2y agoyou cannot just wake up and decide to grow your own, it is regulated heavily :)
- jay_kyburz 2y agoHere are my local laws, not too crazy. https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/View/di/2010-89/current/html/2010-89.html https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/View/di/2010-89/current/h...
- bdangubic 2y agosorry mate - I was referring to the USA without saying so :)
- genewitch 2y agoI have my own and I don't even like eggs that much. I do however like their noises, and for pest control, so I keep getting new birds. $33 for 6 birds, last month. They're not fully feathered yet.
- Dban1 2y agonoise control?
- jay_kyburz 2y agoProbably means the noise, ie clucking, not noise control.
- genewitch 2y agoyes, i forgot a comma, your sibling is right, i like the noises they make, especially at night when they're sleeping.
- gnufied 2y agoA lot of Americans live in houses and neighborhoods where keeping chickens is simply not allowed. Source: just got done cutting some pine trees on a hill behind my house because we got a notice. They will absolutely throw a fit, if we kept chickens
- t-3 2y agoEvery state has right-to-farm laws. Most only protect commercial farming, but not all and sometimes the definition of commercial is rather loose, so it might be worth looking into.
- smcin 2y agoBut those are often trumped by county or municipal laws. e.g. Most urban/suburban parts of California either restrict or require permits to raise backyard chickens (also, predators are a huge problem): https://www.omlet.us/guide/chickens/laws_about_keeping_chickens/state_laws/ https://www.omlet.us/guide/chickens/laws_about_keeping_chick... https://www.quora.com/Are-backyard-chickens-legal-in-California-What-do-you-need-to-get-a-permit https://www.quora.com/Are-backyard-chickens-legal-in-Califor... (Palo Alto: Up to six hens. Mountain View: Up to four hens. Los Altos: One hen per 1000 sq feet, no permit required. Sunnyvale: Zoning laws apply. Santa Clara: zoning restrictions apply. San Jose: Up to six without a permit, up to 20 with a permit. San Mateo: Up to 10 birds, depending on plot size, with a minimum plot requirement of 2500 sq feet (excludes most people). No permit required. San Francisco: Up to four, roosters allowed, no permit required. Oakland: No number restrictions, no permit required. Berkeley: No number restrictions, no permit required, roosters allowed. Anarchy!) What we need roundabout now is a webcam campaign/tutorial on legal backyard chicken raising...
- throwaway2037 2y ago> San Francisco: Up to four, roosters allowed, no permit required Holy shit: SF is really dense in some areas, but people still have backyards, e.g., Mission District. Can you imagine being surrounded by neighbors with roosters crowing when the sun rises? It would be hell.
- mschoch 2y ago[dead]