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Has he set up a chicken tractor? Cuts out some of the feed cost / cleanup time from the equation.
Of course some people do let the birds run, and in surprisingly urban places.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: honey the codewitch wrote: I guess the idea is the eggs pay for the chickens. How .. mundane.
Nah, the idea is to have better eggs than the supermarket. Those eggs will be more expensive if you count the cost of living, those from the supermarket are WAY more cheap.
The chickens in your garden are likely to be healthier than battery chickens, and therefore lay healthier eggs. They certainly will be fresher than the supermarket variety!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: The chickens in your garden are likely to be healthier than battery chickens, and therefore lay healthier eggs.
I'd doubt that; they're not getting antibiotics on a regular basis.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote: They certainly will be fresher than the supermarket variety!
I don't taste any difference. Most of us won't, in a blind taste test.
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Daniel Pfeffer wrote: The chickens in your garden are likely to be healthier than battery chickens, and therefore lay healthier eggs.
I'd doubt that; they're not getting antibiotics on a regular basis.
And they (mostly) don't need them. Battery chicken farms, with their overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions, are the worst possible way to raise chickens; their only advantage is cost. The chickens are fed antibiotics in order to prevent them becoming ill under those conditions.
I understand that some antibiotics also make animals & birds reach their best weight faster, so they can be slaughtered earlier. IIRC, the EU has banned the use of antibiotics for this purpose, but the US still allows it.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: IIRC, the EU has banned the use of antibiotics for this purpose, but the US still allows it.
Correct.
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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honey the codewitch wrote: Anyway, I guess I'll have to learn to love quiche.
Real Programmers Don't Eat Quiche
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honey the codewitch wrote:
Anyway, I guess I'll have to learn to love quiche.
I can think of worse fates... 
Will Rogers never met me.
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My parents have had cats and chickens for about 30 years; and for the first ~25 had both the cats and birds allowed outside (increased traffic has forced their current cats to be indoor only). Based on that extensive knowledge, I have to say that...
honey the codewitch wrote: One cat is terrified of them,
...one of your cats has the right idea...
honey the codewitch wrote: and the other one (who happens to be allergic to chicken) is trying to figure out why we won't share them with him.
... and the second is stupid enough to be in the running for a Darwin Award.
Not just the roosters, but the hens would chase the cats off whenever they got annoyed; and the normally lazy fluffballs would go racing away at full speed whenever it happened.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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He should also be required to feed, water, and clean up after them. Birds are filthy creatures.
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Lost on a rainy night, a nun stumbles across a monastery and requests shelter there. Fortunately, she's just in time for dinner and was treated to the best fish and chips she's ever had.
After dinner, she goes into the kitchen to thank the chefs.
She is met by two brothers "Hello, I'm Brother Michael, and this is Brother Charles".
"I'm very pleased to meet you. I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful dinner. The fish and chips were the best I've ever tasted. Out of curiosity, who cooked what?"
Brother Charles replied "Well, I'm the fish friar".
She turns the other brother and says "Then you must be...?"
"Yes, I'm the chip monk"
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OK- if we are running with the monk theme (Non Americans and even younger Americans might not get this one...)
One day Robin Hood visits Friar Tucks hut in Sherwood to find an enormous collection of flowers.
"What's with all the flowers?" he asks Tuck
"I have decided to leave my old life of caring for the people of Sherwood and open my own flower shop!" is the reply.
Robin is concerned to hear this and tries to convince Tuck that he can't abandon his religious duties to the people but Tuck will hear none of it. After the argument gets heated Tuck finally physically throws Robin out of the shop.
Robin gathers the Merry men and tells them of the problem.
Will Scarlett volunteers to talk to Tuck. 10 minutes later he is being rather brutally thrown out of the shop.
Next up is Little John and he fairs no better. After a long shouting match Tuck is beating him with his own quarterstaff and chasing him from the shop.
Man after man tries and fails to convince Tuck, with each confrontation becoming more violent.
Finally Robin looks to Hugh and asks him if he has any ideas. Hugh nods and enters the shop. Ten minutes later out walks an ashamed looking Tuck and says "Ok Ok - I'll go back to my old job!!"
And everything was right again in Sherwood.
Which just goes to show that...
Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist Friars.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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I can imagine very few non Americans knowing about Smokey. 
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Okay, Jörgen and DRHuff; both of you please hold still.
We're going to have to hurt you now.
Software Zen: delete this;
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You get bonus points for moving targets.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Fortunately, she's just in time for dinner and was treated to the best fish and chips she's ever had.
Someone English.
Jörgen Andersson wrote: She is met by two brothers "Hello, I'm Brother Michael, and this is Brother Charles".
Good English names.
Jörgen Andersson wrote: Brother Charles replied "Well, I'm the fish friar".
Nope, don't work on the continent.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Do dentists call their X-rays tooth pics?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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You may carie this too far, someday, and that may put a dentine your rep. Nevertheless, I'll root for your posts and await the crowning achievements ahead.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: Nevertheless, I'll root for your posts and await the crowning achievements ahead.
That shows some wisdom about teeth.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: You may carie this too far, someday
There is some tooth in that ...
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I wonder what the half life of a decaying tooth is?
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Quote: the intruder subsequently dumped the stolen data on the dark web, spurring fears among criminals that their identities might be exposed (oh, the irony).
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'd have thought it unlikely that it was law enforcement: they aren't going to let people know they were there, when they can use the data to monitor activity rather than have the users change everything ASAP.
So "scrawling" “Your data has been leaked” and “This forum has been hacked.” across the home page seems rather counter productive.
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Yes, it does. It leads to the question(s), was that just childish bragging or an attempt to make it look like it is?
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Soon we will see reports about the hackers who hacked the hackers who hacked the hackers.
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