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The internet is blowing up with comedi-HENS… pricey-egg memes and egg-gangster reels, so today we’re diving into my thoughts on this “Great Egg Conspiracy” and if it’s really what it’s cracked up to be.
Podcast Episode Highlights
- Two parts to this podcast episode: (1) current egg shortage and (2) what concerns me about this topic for the homesteading world
- The stuff I’ve been seeing on social media about the current egg shortage…
- Why chickens don’t lay much during the winter (natural reasons for the egg shortage)
- How you can use supplemental lighting in the coop to increase production
- Why the age of your chickens matter for egg production
- Molting and how that matters for egg production
- Why weather matters for egg production
- Why variables happen in real food (and why that’s a beautiful thing)
- Why I don’t think there’s a government conspiracy for our egg shortage from our backyard chickens
- The possible connection with chicken feed…
- Similar to the potting soil drama from current shortages…
- Why you need to be careful with just heresay and rumors…
- Why eggs are so expensive at the grocery store right now
- Why it seems like a ‘perfect storm’ situation to me
- The worrisome current issue I’m seeing in the homesteading space
- Tips on asking yourself hard questions and being objective…
- The danger of confirmation bias and dogma…
- Final advice (think for yourself, question everything, look at something from all angles, etc.)
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More Tips & Resources on Eggs:
- Ingenious Chicken Keeping with Harvey Ussery (podcast episode)
- The Ultimate EGG Episode with Lisa Steele (podcast episode)
- Taking the Confusion Out of Egg Preservation with Carolyn Thomas (podcast episode)
- Beginner’s Guide to Raising Laying Hens (blog article)
