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US egg imports meant to drive prices down could be hit by tariffs (www.reuters.com)

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[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It appears a hen needs about 115g of feed a day to produce one 50g egg, so the product yield is less than half the input,

That's surprisingly efficient.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 1 points 16 hours ago

Well, it's dry feed and a wet egg. But yes, chickens are on the more efficient side of animal farming.

Still cruel though

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Not only that, they also reduce organic waste, they help keep some pests at bay and they fertilize the soil for you

The little town of Limburg, Belgium offered 3 chickens to 2,000 households as an experiment in 2010 to cut down on household waste. Belgian officials have reported that the chickens are a huge success, organic waste has been cut in half and the families have gained a supply of free, fresh eggs.

We should be bringing back keeping animals at home, chickens for sure at least, ducks are loud cunts.

Then someone should open a business that butchers the chicken for you, so you don't have to get your hands dirty even.

i grew up in post soviet era central europe, collecting all the vegetable scraps and even eggshels onto a bowl while cooking then taking it out back and giving it to chickens was the norm.

[–] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Peacocks are what you need my friend. You'll think ducks are very quiet quite soon.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 17 hours ago

We had a neighbour a few houses over get one. Never saw it, but I certainly heard the fucker.

He didn't last long.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago

Nothing like something that sounds like a woman screaming to really liven up the neighborhood. Beautiful plumage, though.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love the idea of supplemental self sufficiency through family-scale animal husbrandy, especially with hens.

Unfortunately, this is an unintented consequence of doing that: https://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/americapox

[–] Chocobofangirl@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

tbf if the hens aren't producing for commercial purposes, they could be vaccinated, like they're thinking of doing in america.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

bUt ThEn TeH cHiKkEnS wUd GeT aUtIsM aNd PpL wHo EaT tEh EgS wUd AlSo!!!1!!