shortages

[tortoise]

Show off! Teasing us that don’t have chickens yet and must resort to buying them from the store! 😢🐔🐓🥚

⬆️ I fixed that sentence for you @baymule 😁

 

[baymule]

I have a couple of customers that pay me $7 per pound for chicken. Each one wants 10 chickens. I pasture raise them in chicken tractors, moved daily and ferment their feed. What I make on the ones I sell will pay for or significantly decrease the cost. I can supply my daughter and family with chicken.

I got my 50 chicks this morning. For the next 2 1/2 months, I will be catering to some labor intensive chickens.

 

[farmerjan]

My son was at Rural King and picked up several pairs on a discount table for $5.00 each. Hey, I couldn't buy the zipper let alone the fabric to make them if I was inclined to... NOPE..... and DOUBLE NOPE for paying $60 for a pair of jeans... Rural King brand is just fine... new is new and if they fit, don't care what the name on the label.
I buy most all of mine at Goodwill.... cows don't care what name is on the label or the pocket....

 

[FarmerJamie]

Never owned cattle myself, but helped on many different family and in law farms.

One lesson I learned was never underestimate the ability of cattle to destroy things

 

[murphysranch]

I went to two estate sales today. At the second one, I spent $28 on food. Just food. Not expired food. All good stuff that we will eat. Took three bags to get it to my car.

 

[tortoise]

I have "met" [online] some people who dont go grocery shopping at all in winter. Or some who stock up on large items like pet food bags so they don't have to carry them in winter. Smart! I am not that organized.

 

[baymule]

And there's this:

Sperm Count Dropping in Western World

The trend has occurred over 40 years

www.scientificamerican.com

So a bunch of fat men that don't get exercise or won't, that eat crap instead of healthy food and presto! Population reduction! Bring on some more McDonalds!

 

[Mini Horses]

Bought more coffee...couldn't help myself. 57% off! Packing change in reset, so new up and old discounted....the kind I use! 😁 got another 5 lbs....add to already stocked and I'm good until next Fall, easy. I have to stop this. 🤔🤪 not like I think things are gonna be that bad but, also have excess of a LOT of things. Nothing that will go bad, just way more than enough. Need to brake!

No shortages at this house.

 

[Hinotori]

I think we could try this homemade recipe if things go wrong. Yeah View attachment 16775

There is a reason for pasteurization. Too many city kids died from milk borne diseases before it.

Most people don't test their cows for brucellosis. You don't want a baby to get that which is usually spread from unpasteurized milk. Even if you just pasteurize it yourself before use. There's a bunch of other nasties as well.

It's a different story if you have your own cow, have made sure it's disease free, and use the milk daily. Even just the daily use of the fresh milk helps a ton because the bacteria haven't had time to multiply. Farmers didn't save the milk over days except for cheese and butter making. Usually it help grow out the pigs.

The raw milk farms here are required to test their herds. I see it in the stores occasionally. Usually it's goat milk, but I know of at least one cow dairy that's raw. Goat milk on it's own is pretty nutritous and more easily digestible. It's higher fat than most cow milk you find. They are also less likely to carry diseases than cows.

 

[FarmerJamie]

@Mini Horses , I think an inventory effort is needed around here before any new large purchases. The food, non-food, and preservation supplies.

Then, I think some decisions can be made. Still eating on the soup and turkey salad from Monday.

I think we have close to 6 months of stuff now.