• mlg@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Okay but there actually is a pretty significant difference between eggs at the store vs buying them from someone who has chickens.

    There was actually an egg shortage a while ago, but lots of people who were raising chickens couldn’t sell their eggs because, and I quote, “they were too rich in flavor and texture, so people didn’t like them”.

    It was hilarious and sad that high quality eggs was just something no one ever tasted before, so they couldn’t suddenly get used to the flavor.

    It’d be like if you drank skim milk your whole life only to find out regular “whole” milk is actually supposed to be creamy lol

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      6 months ago

      Just because it came out of someone’s back yard, doesn’t mean it’s high quality. So many chickens get table scraps and little else. Not everyone is suited to keeping pets, let alone livestock.

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        6 months ago

        – But it generally does in developed countries as the majority of people going through the effort of keeping chickens in that environment are into keeping chickens. You might get some shitty setups, but the norm is decent quality feed and far less stress than large scale commercial setups.

        It’s more of a hobby than a “get rich” scheme.