Itβs baffling to think that the solution to an egg shortage is to raise chickens in your backyard. We rely on modern, industrialized food systems for a reason, and itβs not practical for everyone to suddenly become farmers. This suggestion is clearly out of touch with reality.
So, we need to raise chickens, cows, and pigs. We need to grow grains. We also need to grow our own fruits and vegetables. And we need to do this in our backyards or balconies or in our spare bedrooms. On top of that, we need to spend thousands of dollars on the start-up. What a great f'ing idea!
I genuinely wonder if F47βs appointedβs are this glib in these timesβ¦ Or if they are just plain stupid. Or have these lines sent to them by other F47 toadies. I wonder if they genuinely find this funny.
And I wonder how many maga who hear this tripe, will procure chickens for the backyard.
So IF you have a yard she says we should invest $ in raising chickens & expose ourselves directly to possibly getting bird flu.
So much for brain power.
As the owner of 10 chickens (4 are roosters and the rest are elderly hens), it's cheaper to buy $10 eggs. Just buying a coop and pen is in the thousands. Cause, guess what? Your backyard birds can get bird flu too. You have to keep them penned up.
Definitely. Pigeons in the urban centres and seagulls along the coastlines would give them the flu. And rural communities have birds of prey, foxes, coyotes and other countless predators that would just feast on them.
The first case in Maine was in the town next to me. My veterinarian put the birds down. I don't live right on the water but we have a lot of seagulls and the occasional duck. My poor birds are not going out until the weather is warm enough to kill germs. Ducks have been the main carriers here.
Bird flu aside, a lot of people are going to do this who donβt understand just how much work and how expensive it is to keep chickens. Also while it sounds easy, a lot of municipalities have zoning requirements which would prevent it.
Bird flu also hits backyard birds. Chickens need lots of care. Feed, fresh water, protection from other animals. Often, the cost does not benefit the owner. (But fresh eggs are wonderful.)
My small town does not permit backyard chickens.
Holy shit, her solution to Elonald's unforced economics errors is start a victory garden! I appreciate the back to basics sentiment but how about Elonald stops organizing circular firing squads instead?
Does she even know that even if you own chickens, they can still get the avian flu, since other birds can carry it? Raising your own chickens can increase the spread.
Tell her kindly show me to the grocery seeds...also the money tree seeds. And you know what while we're at, I'll take seeds for a government that actually does something positive for its people seeds as well.
There are laws in towns and cities that ban raising chickens.
Raising chickens increases your chances of getting bird flu and, spreading it to help a pandemic.
Canβt afford eggs, but sure buy a coop, feed, chicks, wait for most of them to be roosters, theyβll get sick and youβll have vet bills. Yes - much cheaper and easier. Sigh.
She is a complete moron.....I raise chickens. An incredibly expensive ( and rewarding ) hobby. But it's not for cheap eggs nor chicken! They're my peaceful place. And my pets.
Neighbors recently had their 27 layers stolen, along with two hogs. Gonna have to hire security for backyard flocksβ¦or teach them to shoot. Note to selfβ¦Order new signage: WARNING! ARMED PECKERS! ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!
They're not legal everywhere and if you get reported, the fines & legal fees are going to be far more than what you're paying for eggs. Clearly these are not people who live in the same reality the rest of us do.
What a stupid bitch. How many people can put up the infrastructure for taking care of chickens? They need the land to do it. If they have the land what about zoning laws, homeowners associations and the like? What if you live in an apartment. So fucking clueless, these people.
Well, Musk did say that if you want healthcare you should befriend a doctor. This seems pretty consistent with their "screw you, Jack, I've got mine" style of government.
As the laughed and giggled about it allβ¦.. meanwhile, in the cities and suburbs where they CANβT βget a chickenβ itβs coming across as a Marie Antoinette βLet them eat cake!β moment.
This is as close to βLet them eat cakeβ as it could get. I guess itβs really time for France to retake the Statue of Liberty, and gift you guys the Guillotine instead.
Another stupid statement from a rich idiot who has no clue chickens are susceptible to bird flu, it costs money to buy chickens, a coop, feed, heat lamps, etc and that is all assuming your area is zoned to allow them.
Rollins is a twat.
She was on CNN saying how America will expand its food markets if China doesnβt want to buy American. How you gonna do that baby when Canada cuts off your fertilizer supplies and your yields nosedive??
If we can't afford the eggs how can we afford the chickens..the hen house the chicken feed..shall we also build our own car..drill our own oil..kick you back to obscurity
The Lady is misguided.
if you had a "backyard" and kept chickens- how can you quarantine in a shed to keep stock safe and secure with bird flu prevalent??
Raising chickens is not like throwing seeds out the door and then picking the produce. It requires maintenance of coops, feeding, watering and protecting. It is not easy. Cities have restrictions.
LOL, maybe she should find out how much it cost to do this before opening he big mouth, you just can't make up the stupidity of your government at this point. LOL
She doesnβt take into account those of us who live in apartments. Kind of hard to raise chickens. I donβt think my neighbors would appreciate having a rooster making racket every morning or the bird shit. Sheβs not been around chickens, has she?
Keeping chickens isn't just a case of "Install chickens = Profit", because there's the feed, building a coop, veterinary fees, managing their health, medication for lice & other critters, dealing with egg-bound birds, etc., and of course in a high-rise apartment, er, what garden?
π΅Bad eggs. Bad eggs. What-ya-gonna do. What-ya-gonna-do when you can't buy twoπ΅ Coops was filmed in front of a starving breakfast time audience. π
Nazis vote for Nazis using an excuse that they'll get cheaper eggs? When we all know they vote for Nazis because Americans hate women/black people and are prepared to pay $20 for a dozen eggs, which what they'll be paying shortly, if not already, and then X3 tariffs, pays more for imported products.
Almost all of them, like 90%, have been brain damaged and think a Jesus exists. This is the only reason the country has fallen in Nazi fascism, just like Germany in the 1930's. It won't be long before they start building gas chambers and imagine they'll start in the slave camps/prisons/black people.
I did not read the article and said the literal dumbest thing she could say is get chickens... lo and behold that literally was her response, the dumbest solution you could say.
Chickens are a PITA. They shit everywhere. If you have a garden they tear it up. They stink. They make a mess. You must spend money feeding and housing them.
Her "solution" is brainless right wing advice.
She really is stupid. There are costs for permits for keeping livestock in residential areas. Something someone in charge of agriculture practices should know if she were actually qualified for her job
Another Lysenko, you know the history of that? Trump is actually I think more like Stalin than Hitler, although he has the same racial hatred that Hitler held, that Stalin was not as concerned about but still fell into line for pseudo-science, made the serfs plant wheat in winter, millions starved!
Todayβs American king of βlet them eat cakeβ.
Most Americans wonβt know phrase this because history doesnβt matter. Hence itβs so easy to repeat itself.
Iβm still trying to figure out what people are eating eggs that often that they actually care that deeply about eggs. I didnβt get it during the election and I still donβt get it. Like what are these people making that relies solely on eggs. Only person I know that eats that many eggs is Gaston.
Highly contagious bird flu is killing all the chickens so eggs are expensive..... everyone gets a chicken....what could possibly go wrong? American intelligence is breathtaking in its simplicity.
Part of the game plan is enforcement of rugged individualism. You're on your own. Want egg? Raise chickens. Want healthcare? Be a billionaire. If you can't, it's your own fault and you don't deserve those things. It's chaos dressed up as cowboys.
Ah yes, the best way to lower your egg bill. Buying a chicken, everything needed to take care of them and making sure you have money for vet bills too. That'll teach those egg prices what for.....
Oh, for fuck sake. She was clearly a βDEIβ (as the GOP defines it) hire. As someone who has chickens, they are messy, loud, carry salmonella and they literally shit everywhere. lβd love to hear her βbrilliant ideaβ for our urban communities and those without sufficient outdoor space.
Now here's a good way to speed up the spread of bird flu. Don't keep it contained to plants and hatcheries sling it far and wide to all corners of the country and increase human bird contact. What a plan
I think my neighbors would be seriously pissed if I had chickens, and it isn't allowed in my neighborhood. Does she think everyone has a yard for chickens?
This casual remark just showcases how contemptuous EVERY member of the Trump Cabinet is of Americans living everyday lives, and facing everyday challenges. None of them have a fucking CLUE about living paycheck-to-paycheck, or having too much month at the end of the money. May they all rot in hell.
Not to mention all the magats that will call "fowl" when they get cited by the city because of local laws prohibiting chickens, and they got a rooster not a hen.
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How about implementing Trump's promise to bring down the price of eggs on day one.
We have not forgotten.
Marie Antoinette (I think)
What a shameful, smug, elitist thing to suggest.
And I wonder how many maga who hear this tripe, will procure chickens for the backyard.
Where did all these people come from?
There must be an empty mental institution somewhere.
So much for brain power.
My small town does not permit backyard chickens.
Trump trade war will hammer ag exports and Elmo's DOGE cuts are slashing govt purchases of US ag.
Raising chickens increases your chances of getting bird flu and, spreading it to help a pandemic.
βNo eggs? Get your own chickens peasantsβ
How are people who live in small flats and condos in large cities supposed to do that?
How about we either (1) stop eating eggs altogether, or (2) fix the damn issue!!
Rollins is a twat.
She ended up being beheadedβ¦NOT allegedly.
if you had a "backyard" and kept chickens- how can you quarantine in a shed to keep stock safe and secure with bird flu prevalent??
Looks like thet drained the swamp and picked them to run the country.
Donald Jr. promised America he would personally see that each and every cabinet appointee would be dumber than Sr.
We now see how wildly successful he was at this taskβ¦
Happy to be agitated.
Her "solution" is brainless right wing advice.
Most Americans wonβt know phrase this because history doesnβt matter. Hence itβs so easy to repeat itself.
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"Let them raise chickens!"
I'd rather a chicken be Secretary of Agriculture.
Also can you imagine the shipping on the statue?
Yeah, we can talk about sanitary issues, additional costs to feed and shelter chickens, but the HOA!