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Bigmack

(8,020 posts)
32. You know it....
Tue Dec 17, 2013, 01:25 PM
Dec 2013

All you have to do is listen to the contented little chuckles coming from your own hens....and the eggs taste better.

A LOT better.

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I recently heard a good argument about this: DetlefK Dec 2013 #1
I buy from small farmers BlueToTheBone Dec 2013 #3
what kind of veggies do you grow? shireen Dec 2013 #15
We grow our own corn, tomatos, squash, strawberries, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #17
I have a large area garden. I've fenced off an acre and BlueToTheBone Dec 2013 #18
very cool! shireen Dec 2013 #20
Put your cardboard down now BlueToTheBone Dec 2013 #29
Made a conscious decision years ago.. cilla4progress Dec 2013 #2
What you said... well put!..... nt Bigmack Dec 2013 #4
I made similar choices. There are family farmers all over the country if consumers take bluestate10 Dec 2013 #21
I'm a hard guy.... Bigmack Dec 2013 #5
Absolutely. cilla4progress Dec 2013 #9
"gag a maggot" Berlum Dec 2013 #11
I am optimistic. I used to view the Organic, Free-range crowd as a bunch of elitists. bluestate10 Dec 2013 #22
I've taken to buying more at our farm market... Historic NY Dec 2013 #6
I hate to break it to you, but local and/or organic meat doesn't mean humane meat. athena Dec 2013 #7
Not always, but sometimes. LWolf Dec 2013 #12
I agree with you. There is a limit to how much free range meat can be raised, for example. bluestate10 Dec 2013 #24
And this is exactly why we raise our own chickens, have a garden, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #8
Hey - I'm with you. cilla4progress Dec 2013 #10
Because it's more ethical LWolf Dec 2013 #13
I'm fine with hunters who eat what they kill wryter2000 Dec 2013 #14
I agree, we have coyotes and hawks all around us where we live, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #16
As a vegan I respect hunters more than cellophane-wrapped-meat eaters. Codeine Dec 2013 #19
That's it. I have a friend who hunts his own meat to feed his family. villager Dec 2013 #26
Thank you. Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #28
kick Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #23
They'll never stop us. flvegan Dec 2013 #25
The photos I saw some 25 years ago Codeine Dec 2013 #31
k&r napkinz Dec 2013 #27
Disgusting. Three lovely delightful little ladies who Autumn Dec 2013 #30
You know it.... Bigmack Dec 2013 #32
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