Posted on 01/02/2015 6:13:58 AM PST by C19fan
The new year is expected to bring rising chicken egg prices across the U.S. as California starts requiring farmers to house hens in cages with enough space to move around and stretch their wings. The new standard backed by animal rights advocates has drawn ire nationwide because farmers in Iowa, Ohio and other states who sell eggs in California have to abide by the same requirements. To comply, farmers have to put fewer hens into each cage or invest in revamped henhouses, passing along the expense to consumers shopping at grocery stores. California is the nation's largest consumer of eggs and imports about one-third of its supply.
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More people will start raising chickens and selling eggs locally as a side job.
—I feel the same way, but a market of forty million is hard for any large retailer to ignore-—
Yeah, but we never get the chance. I kid you not. It’s empty and we’ve been filling it since last spring.
Our tic problem went from “scary” to “non-existent” when we started running chickens.
—staring my day with a great laugh—right on, bro—
Seems easy enough - those egg producers who don't wish to "update" their operations need only add "Not Legal For Sale in the State of California" to their packaging.
There is a simple answer, DO NOT BUY CALIFORNIA produced eggs. Why should ANY Kalifornia law affect the entire nation. The eggs from chickens in other states are just as good.
Wonder if they'll be arrested like the folks in NYC for selling "loosies"?
After all, chickens are people too!
“What is wrong with making sure the poor chickens that supply you eggs have a decent life?”.....
And we all know what happens to those chickens that are NOT destined for laying eggs for a living, they end up at KFC, Chick-Fila and other “fine dining” establishments across the nation. Those chickens don’t get larger quarters to “stretch their wings”. Idiots make stupid laws.
—I feel the same way, but a market of forty million is hard for any large retailer to ignore-—
But here is the deal: Where I live, things are much cheaper. But it means that wages are also lower and the standard of living is lower. Interestingly, in the short run this sort of thing makes California, at least on the surface, a nicer place to live because wages have to be higher, meaning goods and services that cost the same, no matter where you live (e.g. BMW’s) are relatively cheaper.
Meanwhile, where I live, “salvage rebuild” vehicles are a huge market. Almost everyone has one. Even those of us who can afford “normal”.
And there’s the rub. In the short run their economy will simply absorb the increase. Farmers from out of state will actually make MORE on their eggs sold to consumers and consumers will simply absorb the extra cost. This has been going on for decades and will continue to do so until a “Straw” breaks the camels back.
Who knows. These eggs may be that very straw.
High egg costs will translate into higher costs for everything they go into: pastries, breads, all kinds of prepared food.
I am conflicted on this. The animals should be housed humanely. I don’t know enough about existing conditions or the law to comment but I am suspicious of anything coming out of California.
I wonder how many laying hens I need to get a dozen eggs a week? Maybe a couple of ostriches is a better investment. They can double as watchdogs!
Our tic problem went from “scary” to “non-existent” when we started running chickens.
It’s a blast to watch them follow me on the lawn mower and chase down grasshoppers.
Calif shut down a fantastic oyster farm in Drakes Bay now they are ruining the egg industry. Calif does back the pot growing industry because they claim it is good for other businesses. One screwed up state.
—but I do like that idea of another poster—just mark the eggs “Not for Sale in California”—seems to work for a lot of products—
There are a couple egg producers in the Chino / Ontario California area that I drive by frequently. They have drive up service open to the Public. I’ll have to keep my eye out if they are in business a year from now assuming they are not compliant with the new law.
Okay. You pay the extra for your eggs. I’d love to have chickens roaming around like my grandparents did...but the coyotes would love it, too, and I don’t need cougar bait around the place.
Why don’t they pick up and leave? Screw California.
when it comes to animals, I find myself agreeing with the most extreme elements of peta, or some shyster law professor at Harvard who wants to give mice constitutional rights.
keeping chickens in claustrophobic conditions for their entire lives is inhumane.
and I know most of you disagree.
may you all come back as chickens.
Two.
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