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[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago (2 children)

There are tons of back yard chickens in the USA, even in many cities.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I always wondered if selling eggs to your neighbors violates some us laws

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Likely not. There's some weird agricultural laws because of the great depression. You can mail raw vegetables through the USPS as long as they are addressed and have correct postage, for example.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

If you sharpie an address on a coconut and put a stamp on it, the USPS will deliver it. They'd rather you didn't make a habit of it but they'll do it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why sell? Just give them free eggs!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why get a paycheck? Just work for free!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Chickens lay a shit ton of eggs, up to one a day each if they're mature and well fed. Even with a small flock it's easy to run out of room in the fridge. You have to get rid of them somehow - so why not give what you can't use to the neighbors? It's not at all uncommon, I've been on both sides of this "transaction" hundreds of times.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As a vegetable gardener that is occasionally snowed under with tomatoes or peppers, I'd love a neighbor with chickens who would occasionally trade a couple dozen eggs for a couple hundred cayenne peppers or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Then there's me... I'll be the guy who gorges himself to death on a couple hundred cayenne peppers he got for free

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know anyone with chickens that stores the eggs in the fridge.

Edit: spelling

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Now you do, nice to meet ya lol. Of course when I ran out of room in the fridge I'd leave some on the countertop. The fridge is just a more convenient place for me, plus if anything they'll keep longer in there, which is more important when you have a queue of 6 dozen eggs because your hens won't chill out

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah it’s a surprisingly big trend here. And the people I know with chickens are suburban families. They are not on farms and they do not have a ton of other pets. Just a dog or cat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We just moved out of the burbs and have ducks ordered for spring, mostly as pets, but also to eat their children.