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> Christina Websell wrote:
>> " Jill" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Christina Websell wrote:
>>>> So, what a pity it would be if my Sicilian Buttercups, Appenzellers,
>>>> Lakenfelders and Barnvelder bantams will be gone because of the cost
>>>> of food.
>>>>
>>> You are not alone, its happening already. ;(
>>
>> They won't go short of something to eat, but I do have to question now
if
>> I can afford to keep them. Maybe I should buy a dozen eggs at the
>> supermarket instead.
>> It's my own fault that I let my birds get old and unproductive. I
don't
>> want to kill them, hey I'll be old myself eventually, and they've given
>> their best here. I want them to die of old age not because I can't
>> afford their food.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>
> The cost of our food (South Africa) seems to be the same as that of the
> UK, and I'm struggling to keep mine fed. It's winter here now, and the
> land I have them on is not giving them enough. From 15 hens I was
getting
> three eggs a day, and now the cold weather is going to make that even
less
> (fewer).
>
> So after debating with myself for a good long time (all the while
di****ng
> out more food) I finally decided to sell some of the hens to the local
> people - they prefer to buy them and slaughter them themselves. I sold
> three of the 6 I want to sell, and the worst part was that the catching
> was so easy as they are really tame, and each of those had names. They
> don't all have names - it was just the luck of the draw. I would really
> like to get to that point where I can slaughter a chicken for home use
as
> and when I want one, but of the last 6 chicks that hatched, 3 were taken
> by predators and the other three are all hens. So I am still eating
> (mostly) shop-bought chicken and extremely expensive eggs.
There is nothing to eat on my rare breeds, they are all light LF, and a
couple of bantam Barnies. I would like to eat the Barnie cock, actually,
he
is so bad tempered ;)
I suspect what I will do is let them pass away of old age and perhaps get
a
few rescue ex-battery hens to give me enough eggs for myself.
Tina
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