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643 points throwaway5752 | 4 comments | 05 Feb 25 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 1.67s | source
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mplanchard ◴[05 Feb 25 16:43 UTC] No.42951168[source]▶
Fresh, local eggs have remained around the same price here. While more expensive than eggs from large producers in normal times, they are now often cheaper.

This is a great reminder of how important it is to support local farmers and small operations, which increase the resilience of the system as a whole.

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afavour ◴[05 Feb 25 16:54 UTC] No.42951379[source]▶
This is also a great defense against something like bird flu. When you centralize operations a disease can spread through a population like wildfire. When it's a number of smaller, separate operations the impact is lessened.
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oceanplexian ◴[05 Feb 25 17:19 UTC] No.42951847[source]▶
Actually the inconvenient truth is that it's not.

Free range birds are able to interact and spread the disease more easily than the caged birds which can be quarantined. At least in my location all the cage free inventory is totally wiped out.

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1. mplanchard ◴[05 Feb 25 17:27 UTC] No.42951990[source]▶
That’s not at all the case here (VT). The local sellers are essentially all pasture-raised, free-range, etc., and their eggs are the only ones in stock. I have read some posts from them talking about the various ways they keep segments of the flocks separated, and they are being quite careful about any outside access.

Edit: I guess also the birds are indoors much more anyway, given the winter. It's 11 F here today, so probably they're huddled up inside :)

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2. mothax ◴[05 Feb 25 19:09 UTC] No.42953525[source]▶
My half-dozen chickens in my yard in VT are hardy and out and about! I get about four eggs a day, and endless entertainment from the small herd of therapods.
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3. mplanchard ◴[05 Feb 25 19:13 UTC] No.42953588[source]▶
I love to hear it! I didn't realize they were so cold tolerant, but I'm glad they can still enjoy the outdoors even when the winters are as cold as this one.

I'd love to get some chickens one of these days. Four eggs a day would be enough for us to regularly give away dozens while supplying all of our own egg needs.

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4. talldrinkofwhat ◴[06 Feb 25 23:41 UTC] No.42967644{3}[source]▶
If you ever get the opportunity, have a chicken perch on your finger.

First thing you'll notice is much lighter they are than they look.

Second thing you'll notice is how hot their feet are.

A tangible lesson in the importance of surface area vs volume wrt mechanical, thermo, aero systems.