Guest Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I don't get how an intensively farmed chicken can cost £1.99. I know how much these fast growing breeds eat to grow and even if you only kept them for that short time and didnt change their bedding or anything it would still cost more than 2 quid to raise a bird.My lot are not bargain birds you couldn't raise one chicken for £1.99 and make a profit - but you can if you raise 10,000 - the economies of scale are what makes it possible. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I read a good tip somewhere about having a plastic container in the freezer which you put leftover veggies in. When it's full, you can use the contents to make a batch of soup. I do that! It gets used for soup or stock. Seriously, the only s"Ooops, word censored!"s in our house that don't get eaten either by us, the bunnies or hens are potato peelings - those go to the worms. There is never any food wasted in our place. The cats have any raw meat off-cuts and the lurcher pup will join in when we get her - they're renowned dustbins! Shall we start a make do and mend club, Kate? Are there any books, or is there a hole in the market? I understand that a lot of supermarkets sell these 'cheap' birds as loss leaders and don't make anything on them at all. What a waste of a life the farmers produce them on such a ginormous scale that they cost very little to rear. Phil's mum is great for thrift tips - she bought up 4 smallsters, all under 5 at one stage and as a farmer's wife, didn't have a lot of housekeeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Shall we start a make do and mend club, Kate? Are there any books, or is there a hole in the market? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Do-Mend-Official-Reproductns/dp/1843172658 Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 DON'T look Kate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Brilliant! Right up my street. Now where did I put that darning wool? I couldn't find it at all last night Kate, do you have any brownish grey darning wool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Already got the book . It was so up my street that I preordered it last year . No darning wool, I'm afraid, Clare . I must get some though as I love darning. I've got one of those wooden darning mushrooms which makes darning a doddle . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I've got two of those mushrooms, just can't find the wool. p'rhaps the cat has had it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I don't get how an intensively farmed chicken can cost £1.99. I know how much these fast growing breeds eat to grow and even if you only kept them for that short time and didnt change their bedding or anything it would still cost more than 2 quid to raise a bird.My lot are not bargain birds you couldn't raise one chicken for £1.99 and make a profit - but you can if you raise 10,000 - the economies of scale are what makes it possible. Phil I still don't believe it. Even if you were buying in huge bulk quantities. The electricity costs alone for the incubators/heaters would be a tidy amount. I truly believe the supermarkets are subsidising them in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 the only s"Ooops, word censored!"s in our house that don't get eaten either by us, the bunnies or hens are potato peelings - those go to the worms. I boil these and give them to my chooks, they love them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 this puts me on my soapbox too, trouble is most of the people I know cant cook so turning left overs into soup rissotto curries seems to be beyond them, so the chicken goes into the bin after 1 meal, then they moan about the bin smelling & not having enough rubbish collection - dont get me started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Our bins are so empty. Our council is really good with recycling so they take all plastics, paper, card, glass bottles and jars and metal tins, foil etc. Admittedly there is only us two plus chooks but any garden waste or veg peelings go to the chooks or the compost bin (Plus anything we don't have room for the council also collects green garden rubbish) Some weeks we hardly fill a black sack. Although the garage is a huge sorting place of plastic, card, metal and glass. Plus our local asda has a bank for milk cartons plus a rag bin for clothes that aren't fit for charity etc. When we're cooking if we cook too much we portion it up and freeze it, last sunday the beef joint was too large for us to finish so the MIL took some then the rest became our sandwich filling for two days (Plus the fat went over a stale loaf end for the wild birds) I hate wasted stuff. Not just the cost of buying more but the landfill sites fill up and if it's meat we've bought I'd like to think the animal hasn't been killed wastefully. I'll be fuming if we get eggs thrown about the place at halloween too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
