Survivalist Chicken Coops Sprouting Up Across Amer

[dearg]

I didn't know where to put this, but thought it was to funny not to share. The article makes chickens sound like some kind of attack animal.. LOL. Be sure and read the comments. ;D

A confluence of localvore do-gooderism and desperate poverty is transforming America's suburbs into a Third World hellscape, because otherwise-normal people are raising chickens in their backyards.

http://gawker.com/5217195/survivalist-chicken-coops-sprouting-up-across-america

[dearg]

Not me the article, I thought it was so funny that people would think that way.

[reedb66]

kinda shows that people "educated "people think food just grows in cans and bags on the shelves in the store ;D A while back I gave my brother some home grown eggs from my chickens and some veggies from our garden.His wife would not let them in the house!(She said that is not were food comes from).When pressed about it she said food comes from the store and is raised in factories were it is clean not in your back yard were who knows what is in it !She said no way would her kids eat it and threw it out.My brother and I were raised on a farm and know how the real world works ...He was shocked by her actions ,now he raises a garden every year with his 2 sons but she wont help or let them eat any.Not to worry though they sneak a bite now and then and give the rest to friends that like fresh veggies.He said it was time for some chickens now and she said only if he wanted to be divorced !They live in an up scale gated community that in the last few years has opened up and let residents have gardens and chickens much to my sister inlaws disappiontment .Knowing my brother I see lots of chickens in her life!!!!!

Reed

[dearg]

LOL, I know people like that. ;D Having been raised on a ranch I had the opposite reaction to eating grocery store meat and veggies when I went to college, it all tasted funny to me. When I went home I ate like a pig, a farm raised pig that is. ;D

[Anon001]

LOL, I know people like that. *;D Having been raised on a ranch I had the opposite reaction to eating grocery store meat and veggies when I went to college, it all tasted funny to me. When I went home I ate like a pig, a farm raised pig that is. * ;D
Same here! LOL

[bookwormom]

reedb66, there is no commercial chickenfarm anywhere withind driving distance he can take his wife to? And tell her this story I have from a man who only ate home canned. He used to work for a place where they canned tomatoes, ketchup and the like. there was this huge vat and an appropriately dressed older gentleman of color had to wade around in it with some tool to keep it flowing. he kept spitting right and left all day long.
I have a sister in law who will not eat homeraised eggs either.

[woodzman]

Thanks for posting that dearg, I love it. Makes me think of something else I read not to long ago. Seems that there's a "new craze" sweeping the nation, called the backyard garden. Now, I'm not putting the folks down that don't, or can't have a garden for whatever reason, or the others that don't like the idea of homegrown or wild meat. It just seems ridiculous to me that we've gotten so far away from those basic, simple things, that they can even be looked at like that. Just my opinion.

Bob.

[dearg]

Woodzman, thought is was a fun article and not really trying to put anyone down here either. In fact I have been helping some friends with their first garden, it really is a starting from scratch thing as they are really lost in what they can grow. But they are working hard at it and reading everything they can about it. I pointed them in the direction of this forum, so much good info here.

As a little aside the lady bought whole chicken on sale, and was completely lost as to how to cut it up to fry, showed her how and she was very proud of her first fried chicken.

Yes, there are a lot of lost skills now, when they are really needed most.

[GoodDaughter]

Ok, there goes the store-bought ketchup.

Anyone have a truly good homemade version I can process and can for myself now? I'm serious.

[Anon001]

Good Daughter,

Ketchup recipes are easy to come by. I had one but can't find it...it was good. The main thing is using a good meaty tomato with little seed and llittle juice.

I have made it several times but it has been awhile.

[Catalpa]

Whoever wrote that article had a bad attitude.

But it does seem strange as to how many people just don't realize where food really comes from.

There's a girl at my office that firmly believes all food just miraculously appears at the store, wrapped in sanitary plastic. Other co-workers have brought in honey, vegetables, etc., to share, and she doesn't see it as food.

Of course, I had to make sure she saw my picture of me with my recently harvested venison. ;D

[Cil]

I know there are several recipes for ketchup at www.frugalsquirrels.com.

[Oldman]

Don't kill any animal at all, whatever you do,
but can I have my steak well done. I hate the site of blood.

Don't catch the fish, they are pretty,
but I'll take the seafood platter.

Don't boil that lobster,
but I love just the lobster tails they sale at Red Lobster.

That lettuce if filthy. You really eat that stuff??
Ih, I'll take Ranch dressing on my salad and may I have some crackers with it?

Is that the type of people you are talking about? My BIL grew up on a farm and will not eat an egg if he knows it didn't come from a store and I didn't know it. Last Christmas we had a big breakfast at my sisters house. Two years ago I think, but Howard had ate I know 3 or 4 eggs and going back for a refill and saying how good the breakfast was and the eggs was really good, when my sister told him I brought all the eggs and they were fresh eggs. :o :o He put his plate in the sink and wouldn't touch another bite. ::)
And he grew up on a farm. What makes people like that??? ?
I just don't understand it. Not a bit. Do they think canned peas grow on a huge tree that walmart owns or what?
Or lettuce grows from the roof of Wallyworld and falls off, washed, cut up, and mixed with tomatoes and onions that grew right beside it in some super clean spot up there.
I just don't understand their way of thinking. Especially when anything we grow ourselves is better for you than anything in a store.
They think it's the other way around.
You got me
Oldman

[adventure_ingles]

Heres a conversation i had with my brothers girlfriend

Me- Heres the butter ( handing her some homemade butter i got from the amish, which wasnt in a container or plastic just wrapped in paper)

Her- where did you get that butter?

me- from the Amish. They made it themselves.

Her- Ugh! Im not eating that! I only eat processed food!

Me- well it is processed. The amish processed it from milk to make it into butter.

Her- I mean I only eat Store processed food. That butters nasty.

People disgust me. When or if any real tough times come and we have to fend for ourselves those kind will be dying off and making more room in this world. Unless they smarten up and i mean smarten up real quick.

[dearg]

To many in this world have bought into the consumerism that has been pushed down their throats. If you don't buy it all wrapped up in fancy packaging it's got to be bad. IMHO

[jonvee]

What planet is the writer from with that "Iron Age" remark. >:( He needs to do his homework before making such an ignorant comment. Backyard chickens, rabbits, turkeys and even goats were very common in towns and cities even after WWII.

My dad use to tell us about his g'ma going out to kill Sunday dinner - that was St. Joe, MO through the 50's, until all g'parents had passed on.

Articles like that are just plain annoying.

[dearg]

Yeah, it was a very annoying comment. Some people write articles with no real experience other than what they read on the internet and their own personal agendas.

My grandparents lived in Sacramento in the 50's and had back yard chickens for meat and eggs. It really wasn't the dark ages. ;D

[fancyfowl]

In Asia they live very close to their poultry, they die from the bird flu too..

It all sounds good, chickens and critters in every back yard. Not so good if your neighbors live like slobs and have no respect for others around them.

[epeterd1]

Am I the only one who thinks this was meant to be a joke? Check out this little thing:

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I think the website is some kind of parody type news thing, or at least humor. Which explains why they also have an article about Thomas Friedman having to sell his mustache for food.
Sometimes, the rest of the world isn't out to get us, so to speak.

peter

[TNDadx4]

It is really strange. The article was annoying in that people can be so ignorant of how the real world works (or at least should). It's abit insulting that we aren't considered "normal" or "regular".

Regarding the other comments, I know people like that as well. It's sad that people really don't understand where our food comes from. People are caught up in consumerism and appearance and have lost a lot of knowledge that enables them to take care of themselves.

[dearg]

*In Asia they live very close to their poultry, they die from the bird flu too..

*It all sounds good, chickens and critters in every back yard. Not so good if your neighbors live like slobs and have no respect for others around them.

Oh well I guess you should just stick to the factory farm raised product. Now don't worry about all the contamination the government is protecting you. Also you shouldn't worry about the amount of pollution generated by these operations, or even the amount of energy it takes to keep them going.

[rivahmom]

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[poisonivie]

hmm seems like more people are getting sick from the store bought food then that in my back yard. Oh oh and I have never opeaned a jar of my food to find a rat in my green beans. ( Sis did in store bought food). yeah and peanuts killing people hmmm wonder why more and more want to know were their food comes from how its stored. Store =serve free rats with you food. Let them eat that can.

[Backwoods_Bob]

Talk about backyard chicken coops -

I got a freind whos husband spent the fall building a really nice new chicken coop.

He works at a lumber yard and was able to use free scraps fpor the project.

The thing is a beauty, sided with with cedar shingles, the roof extends out over a coverd yard for the birds and everything.
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So her son looses his job ( layed off at Les schwab ) and is apparently to lazy to look for new work, so he, his pregnant wife and two kids can't pay their rent and have to move back in wi' Mom.

But theirs is a new homestead and they only have a small single wide trailer ( with no running water ) for themselves...

So they move into the new chicken coop! :D :D

Turned it into a pretty nice three room cabin.

Of course now they got three kids ( thanks everyone for paying yer taxes and their medical bills! :-[ )

...Mom is pulling her hair out.
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And wants another chicken coop.

[R_Tapper]

I was raised on a homestead and raised on homemade everything to do with food with the exception of flour, sugar, salt and a few other spices. My mother made the most delicious bread and biscuits. We took sandwiches to school made from her homemade bread. We had to ride the school bus into town to attend school for Jr. High and High School. The city kids thought it strange because we had homemade bread and we thought it strange because they had boughten bread. We ate the crusts of ours the best part as far as we were concerned. They left the crusts.

They thought it strange because we didn't have oranges and bananas all the time as they did. We had pears and apples or peaches most of the time. They with their Twinkies and us with our homemade zuccini bread or whatever. What a difference back then. ;D

[Rimfire_Red]

When the TSHTF there will be lots more fresh food for those who will eat it! Let the other fools starve themselves!

My mother in law was one of 10 kids. Now 75 five she and a couple of her sisters can butcher chicken with speed and accuarcy that would make the Samori Chef proud. And her canned chicken is the best! Let the fools eat their nuggets!