~SUSTAINABLE LIVING FOR CHALLENGING TIMES

[anejames]

I sell my eggs for $3.00 a dozen, the price could be going up a bit soon though.

$8.00 a dozen is ridiculous imo - what is that fellow doing to justify that price? Moving a chicken tractor once a day? I should go back and read the post again, I may have missed something. Maybe he pets them all to sleep at night....

We have people here who sell their eggs for $2.50 a dozen. Why? Just to undercut the others who sell eggs at a more realistic price of $3.00. And the folks who sell at $3.00 a dozen do sell out, I know I cannot supply enough eggs for the demand.

Then the people who sell for $2.50 say, a person just can't break even financially with chickens. Hogwash.

I still think the #1 producer on a small farm or a city backyard are chickens. You CAN actually make money if you do it right.

Chickens don't need a fancy schmancy building lined with $8.00 a bale hay on the floor.

I wrote a post about how to use chickens to start providing for your family. How to take the leftover $$ and put it back into your self sufficiency plans.

Here's a link in case anyone wants to read it...

http://www.countrylivinginacariboovalley.com/how-to-get-started-on-the-path-to-providing-for-your-family-2/

Imo, there is nothing wrong with trying to make money as a small farmer. I think farmers are some of the most under appreciated people in the world.

I just don't think producers need to be gouging customers who want to eat more healthy, that tends to piss me off, lol.

OK I will get off my soapbox, haha!

In other news, we are relocating this coming week. By Wednesday we will be way up North in Prince Rupert for about 5 months, as husband has a great job opportunity there. Should be interesting, if I survive the pace of this last week at home.

Right now, I am trying frantically to empty gardens, do more canning and wrap everything up around here for the year, all on 2 weeks notice.

Friends will keep an eye on our home here and I will greatly miss my Valley's Fall colours.

I'm way behind on reading this board's posts, but I'll be able to catch up after we get up there. Hope everyone is doing great and your gardens are giving you fantastic Harvests!