"Day Brown" > wrote in message
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> On Nov 4, 11:05 pm, Jocelyn De Contents >
> wrote:
>> > Anyone else share my opinion on eggs?
>>
>> No. But I wish eating people eggs were an option.
> I was born on a farm that had chickens, prolly one of the first sounds
> I heard was the birds. I've often raised them, plan on doing it again.
> they help reduce the bugs in the garden, eat the ticks shed by the
> dogs in the yard, go after grasshoppers in grain, and contribute eggs
> for free.
>
> Just in terms of reducing the carbon footprint of the homestead, they
> are well worth having. A small flock will keep a family *sustainably*
> in eggs and meat while their insectavore diet reduces the need for
> pesticides. The feathers are also useful in quilts so you can lower
> the heating level at nite.
>
Waell awl be gawdammed, thayer's a real person hyeer.