Comments on: A chicken ain’t nothing but a bird http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11487 A Daily Digest of Twin Cities News, Arts and Culture Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:54:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11487#comment-130694 justpbob Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:25:40 +0000 #comment-130694 <em>The real story there, bob, is the lack of perspective many people have about the cost of food.</em><br /> <br /> In the eggs/ethanol story, I would agree, spaceman. That said, I get sticker shock at the grocery store, too. It's when ethanol is used as a universal scapegoat -- without evidence or proof --for high food prices, higher gas prices, world hunder or even food illness outbreaks is what I find upsetting. The real story there, bob, is the lack of perspective many people have about the cost of food.

In the eggs/ethanol story, I would agree, spaceman. That said, I get sticker shock at the grocery store, too. It’s when ethanol is used as a universal scapegoat — without evidence or proof –for high food prices, higher gas prices, world hunder or even food illness outbreaks is what I find upsetting.

]]> By: spaceman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11487#comment-130676 spaceman Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:07:46 +0000 #comment-130676 swandog, they will go to the coop by themselves when it starts to get dark, but I wouldn't recommend letting them go entirely free range in the backyard, unless you like stepping in a pile of poo on your back steps every morning. <br /> <br /> As far as winter time, extra care -- heat lamps, insulated coop, ect -- is definitely required. For a primer, geek out on the google group I linked to . . . swandog, they will go to the coop by themselves when it starts to get dark, but I wouldn’t recommend letting them go entirely free range in the backyard, unless you like stepping in a pile of poo on your back steps every morning.

As far as winter time, extra care — heat lamps, insulated coop, ect — is definitely required. For a primer, geek out on the google group I linked to . . .

]]> By: spaceman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11487#comment-130671 spaceman Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:04:30 +0000 #comment-130671 The real story there, bob, is the lack of perspective many people have about the cost of food. $2.25 for a dozen eggs! I can't make cookies! Christmas is ruined! The woman actually had to cut back on the number of pizzelles she was going to make -- six eggs will make 150 of 'em -- what did she save, like $2?<br /> <br /> The real story there, bob, is the lack of perspective many people have about the cost of food. $2.25 for a dozen eggs! I can’t make cookies! Christmas is ruined! The woman actually had to cut back on the number of pizzelles she was going to make — six eggs will make 150 of ‘em — what did she save, like $2?

]]> By: Grammar Nazi http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11487#comment-130656 Grammar Nazi Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:44:43 +0000 #comment-130656 <i>i like chickens....their delicious!</i><br /> <br /> Their delicious what? What do they possess which is delicious? i like chickens….their delicious!

Their delicious what? What do they possess which is delicious?

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11487#comment-130655 mnblrmkr Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:41:20 +0000 #comment-130655 Just remember, if a chicken offers to pay for your meal, let him. Just remember, if a chicken offers to pay for your meal, let him.

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11487#comment-130651 justpbob Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:29:30 +0000 #comment-130651 Which came first, the chicken thread or the egg thread? <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.mnspeak.com/mnspeak/archive/post-3038.cfm" target="_blank">Jason blamed ethanol for rising egg prices</a>. <a href="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=390945&Category=9&subCategoryID=0" target="_blank">This article</a> (love the graphic!) points the finger at China as well as ethanol and biodiesel. <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN1042557020071210" target="_blank">This study</a> (funded by the ethanol industry) cries "fowl!"<br /> <br /> Which came first, the chicken thread or the egg thread?

Jason blamed ethanol for rising egg prices. This article (love the graphic!) points the finger at China as well as ethanol and biodiesel. This study (funded by the ethanol industry) cries “fowl!”

]]> By: teucer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11487#comment-130647 teucer Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:24:01 +0000 #comment-130647 Grote: "...so the smell isn't so bad."<br /> <br /> "It's called a cloaca! And it smells like THIS!"<br /> <br /> If you recognize that reference then may be the one other person who watched Andy Barker, PI. I miss that show, and I hope you do too, other watcher. Grote: “…so the smell isn’t so bad.”

“It’s called a cloaca! And it smells like THIS!”

If you recognize that reference then may be the one other person who watched Andy Barker, PI. I miss that show, and I hope you do too, other watcher.

]]> By: ryanol http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11487#comment-130646 ryanol Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:22:51 +0000 #comment-130646 i like chickens....their delicious! i like chickens….their delicious!

]]> By: swandog http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11487#comment-130644 swandog Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:19:09 +0000 #comment-130644 <em>I gots chickens in my backyard as well -- we've had 'em for over four years</em><br /> <br /> I love chickens. I want to have a few in my backyard. My only concern is what do you do with them in the winter. I have a very large back yard can you just let them run around and will they come back to a house to roost. I gots chickens in my backyard as well — we’ve had ‘em for over four years

I love chickens. I want to have a few in my backyard. My only concern is what do you do with them in the winter. I have a very large back yard can you just let them run around and will they come back to a house to roost.

]]> By: spaceman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11487#comment-130641 spaceman Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:16:28 +0000 #comment-130641 yeah, kc, they'll live to be about 15 years old, so you're in it for the long haul if you do it . . . well, unless you like chicken stew. yeah, kc, they’ll live to be about 15 years old, so you’re in it for the long haul if you do it . . . well, unless you like chicken stew.

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