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"Tom Austin" <taustin> wrote in message news:475fe45b$1@news.povray.org...
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> So, in your case, which came first?
> The chicken or the egg?
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10 meat chickens came first. :-)
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"Mike Raiford" <mra### [at] hotmail com> wrote in message
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> M_a_r_c wrote:
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>> Because it makes you feel independent and closer to self-sufficiency?
>> Because it is a slow process and it changes from the usual hurry?
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> Because the chickens aren't pumped full of hormones and noxious chemicals.
The self-sufficiency idea is probably what appeals to me the most. Perhaps
that's my answer, but I'm uncomfortable admitting it. There's something
interesting about the idea of going off into nowhere and living on only what
you have. I'm not saying that I could do that (at least not at this point
in my life), but it's intriguing. Regardless, it's probably never going to
happen, so perhaps my thoughts are actually irrational. LOL.
--
Jeremy M. Praay
www.beantoad.com
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"Ross" <rli### [at] speakeasynet> wrote in message
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> How do the eggs taste compared to "Organic, Free Range, No Pesticides"
> advertised eggs? Compared to Non-Organic?
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> How does the chicken meat compare? Do you have them slaughtered or do you
> do it yourself?
Eggs taste like eggs, as far as I can tell. The yolks are much darker
orange than available at the store, however, and they're probably healthier
too. From everything I've read, any eggs that don't come from the store are
most likely healthier. There's an interesting article here:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Whole-Foods-and-Cooking/2007-10-01/Tests-Reveal-Healthier-Eggs.aspx.
Maybe it's not the best science, but I still think the test results are
interesting, to say the least.
The chicken meat is the best chicken I've ever had. I've had others agree
with that statement, too, so it's not just me. They eat a lot of grass, and
I guess that enhances the flavor and makes it a bit more nutritious.
I'm having a lot of fun doing it, but given the costs involved, I could
probably never justify what I'm doing unless I can start selling my
eggs/chickens at extremely inflated prices. :-)
--
Jeremy M. Praay
www.beantoad.com
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Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
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> There's just something about raising and growing food that feels right...
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That's how I feel about my garden. There's something about eating food
that was grown *here* that just feels right. It's about impossible to
explain, but I think there's really something about food that came from
the soil where you live that's just *right*. Can't explain it, it just
*is*.
--Sherry "Organic Tomatoes Totally Rock" Shaw
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Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
> ...I finally got a green egg.
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BTW, I thought those were laid by bunnies.
--Sherry Shaw
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476017fa@news.povray.org...
> Because the chickens aren't pumped full of hormones and noxious chemicals.
That's so obvious I omitted it.
I answered about the pleasure of breeding livestock and growing and cropping
your own food.
Not only the homegrown chickens are free of chemicals, antibiotics, steroids
but they grow outdoors with space to run across eating good food (grains,
grass, family meals peelings and remnants...)
They have more time to grow.
And last but not least, you can select breeds on a taste criterium more than
on a productivity and disease resistance criterium.
When you have tasted homegrown chicken then eat industrial chicken, you
realize how ill must be these animals to have such a different flesh.
Marc
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news: 47606aa8$1@news.povray.org...
> The self-sufficiency idea is probably what appeals to me the most.
> Perhaps that's my answer, but I'm uncomfortable admitting it. There's
> something interesting about the idea of going off into nowhere and living
> on only what you have. I'm not saying that I could do that (at least not
> at this point in my life), but it's intriguing. Regardless, it's probably
> never going to happen, so perhaps my thoughts are actually irrational.
> LOL.
>
> --
Irrational maybe no more than many of our so-said rational thoughts.
Since the emergence of conscience (some hundreds of thousands years) and
until one or two centuries only, the population was mainly gathered in small
autarkic tribes or villages.
Don't you think we keep traces of that in our brain? We still have the same
as our hunter/gatherer ancestors.
I'm sure man is not made to live in huge cities (now have we the choice?).
Marc
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M_a_r_c wrote:
> When you have tasted homegrown chicken then eat industrial chicken, you
> realize how ill must be these animals to have such a different flesh.
If I ever have that opportunity. I've tasted homegrown beef, before,
though. Was very tender compared to cuts of meat I've had from the
store, taste was a bit different, too, IIRC.
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Sherry Shaw wrote:
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> --Sherry "Organic Tomatoes Totally Rock" Shaw
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Home-grown Tomatoes are the best! The ones from the store are near
flavorless and mealy. Tomatoes actually have a flavor to them. Once I'm
out of an apartment and into a house with a yard priority one will be a
vegetable garden. Sooo many tasty things can be grown right in your own
backyard. And convenient, too.. :D
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"Mike Raiford" <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> Sherry Shaw wrote:
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>> --Sherry "Organic Tomatoes Totally Rock" Shaw
>>
>
> Home-grown Tomatoes are the best! The ones from the store are near
> flavorless and mealy. Tomatoes actually have a flavor to them. Once I'm
> out of an apartment and into a house with a yard priority one will be a
> vegetable garden. Sooo many tasty things can be grown right in your own
> backyard. And convenient, too.. :D
Tomatoes and potatoes... Once you start growing your own potatoes, buying
something in a bag almost seems disgusting. The ones at the store seem
mushy, scarred, etc. Of course farm-markets often have fresh veggies.
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