Backyard Eggs
A Web-Only Drop
Note: I know we have recently been focusing a LOT on chickens here at The Stone Age, due to the ‘bird flu’ psyop and the incomprehensible hikes in the prices of eggs. However, this story tickled my curiosity, because while bizarre?
I think it just might work…
Okay, I have seen some things over my fifty-seven years here on this planet, but I am still reminded on a regular basis that I have not yet ‘seen it all.’
Case in point…
Egg customers crying fowl over empty shelves, high prices can now rent their own chickens
Fox Business
Renting chickens? Yep, that is a thing…
As customers face empty shelves and rapidly rising egg prices at the supermarket due to the avian flu and a lower national supply, breakfast lovers have another option - their own backyard.
Founded 12 years ago, Rent the Chicken [RtC] provides customers with two egg-laying hens, a portable chicken coop, up to 200 pounds of feed, food and water dish and a book on taking care of chickens.
And apparently, business is booming.
I’m not going to lie to you, folks; when I saw this headline, I was more than ready to ridicule the idea, and with delight. There were several snarky comments I had prepped for you, including one about how they were taking the whole “You will own nothing…” thing to an entirely different level.
Then… I read the story.
I have to say that, if RtC honors its business model, this just might be a covert solution. There are many people like me and you, those who sincerely want to live a more organic lifestyle - a life more ‘Natural’ - but they just do not know where, or how, to start. After all, a vast majority of Americans were never taught from where the food they eat actually comes, so the idea of growing / raising their own can seem daunting.
A set-up like this, however - a company which provides literally everything that one would need to manifest a portion of their own food supplies (including the birds themselves), and having that portion be 100% natural?
It just might spur a growth in ‘backyard farming’… which would ultimately benefit ALL of us.
Now, it is not cheap ($500 for the six-month rental), but when you include the fact they throw in a chicken coop and all the feed you need? Still, it is true that - at these prices - using this option will not save one money over buying store-packaged eggs, but they would be setting themselves up with a sustainable food source.
A source completely independent of the Big-Food hegemony.
That kind of mindset-change is huge. It can serve to alter a person’s perceptions of what food is, because once one has cared for - and have seen the benefits from having - their own chickens, their confidence in the process grows… which may lead to them to embrace the lifestyle permanently. Before you know it they could be inspired to own a whole flock of chickens, while also converting their perfectly-manicured back-yards into gardens with tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers instead of grass.
Every change we make in our lives starts with a catalyst. This could be such a catalyst, for those who choose who pursue it.
So if (when) you feel like our culture is at the brink of collapse, that the masses do not understand the ‘unnatural’ path through which we have been trudging for decades? Take hope, because people are getting it. They may not take the same route as you to get to the destination of living Natural… but at least they are seeking it.
Indeed, despite the methods used by those Globalist parasites, methods which are tailored to make us feel solitary and isolated and ‘fringe?’ We are not as ‘alone’ as they would have us believe.
You… are not alone.
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IMHO the greatest aspect of this service is that you can use it for a six-month test drive to see if this is your thing or not.
No advantages here, It will cost you about $20 for a dozen eggs! The cost for renting a chicken coop, 100 pounds of feed, two hens, watering bowls and instructions cost $645 in my area. (Over $700 in some places). Your average hen lays between 25 to 30 eggs per month. And eats about 6 pounds of feed per month. Thus, the cost per egg ranges from about $1.79 to $2.15 depending on the actual egg product. And they give you a crummy looking chicken coop.
On the other hand if you purchase a chicken coop for between $100-$200 and purchase your own feed at $25 for a 50 pound bag. It’s going to cost you about $1.12 an egg — after amortizing your chicken coop investment.
Once your chicken coop has been paid for the cost per egg is reduced to approximately $.12 an egg!
You are not saving a dime by renting a chicken coop, feed and 2 hens! That’s called getting fleeced!