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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Sage, I am curious.  Do you get that price simply because they are "organic" 
eggs, or is it part that, and part that people know how you treat and handle 
your animals.

The reason I ask, is that I have bought "organic" in the market.  I don't 
trust the label, they don't taste any different, so I don't pay the premium.  
I use to pay extra for an old man that let his chickens free range in his 
back yard, but lost touch with him.

I really don't trust those 'organic' labels in the market.

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--- On Fri, 1/2/09, Sage Austin | Eureka! Design <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> From: Sage Austin | Eureka! Design <eureka AT hctc.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Chicken Feed Quest.
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 10:03 PM
> We costed out our feed, bedding, etc. and feel we break even
> by selling 
> our eggs at $3.50/dozen. We have no trouble getting that
> price and most 
> of our immediate neighbors are customers. The main product
> we get, 
> besides superior eggs, is chicken manure that we compost
> for our garden.
> 
> Harvey Ussery is the expert on making your own chicken
> feed, and has 
> published many good articles in Backyard Poultry and
> elsewhere about it.
> 
> What price do the rest of you get for your eggs?
> 
> --Sage
> 
> 
> Susan Trickett wrote:
> > Hi,
> >      Chicken feed is expensive:-) I sold some eggs
> today and hope to find another 6 or 7 buyers for my extra
> eggs in order to buy feed. This way I get my eggs for free.
> I live in a small town and although my lot is a good size I
> don't think it's big enough to grow grains for the
> chickens, especially since I want to grow as much food as
> possible for us this year. Does anyone have any suggestions
> as to fast growing plants that I can feed to the chickens,
> either green or dried that won't take much room? I was
> thinking some sort of ground cover/crop cover? The chicken
> pen is all dirt now and we are going to build some
> lightweight chicken tractors so we can move them around the
> yard but I'm hoping to only have a little, if any grass
> areas by next fall. Also, since the chicken's outdoor
> area is dirt and that's where their food and water is
> too, do I need to make grit available to them? They are
> about 7 months old and laying nicely.
> >
> >            Sue in Aberdeen WA
> >
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