I can’t be the only one who is sick and tired of people listening to the angry man on tv that tells them to be annoyed when people bring up perfectly valid things like climate change every single winter for the last 30 years.

Honestly, the willful ignorance as everything goes to shit around us is getting very old. Let’s do better. We shouldn’t be triggered by the mention of climate change at this point.

It’s cute that you’re annoyed about the last 30 years, but this is a conversation that started in like 1910. Nineteen friggin ten, my dudes. It’s time to remove our collective heads from our collective asses and take it seriously. It’s past time, actually.

A good start!

Funny. As someone who only grew up in the late 90's, I can say we had more snow stick around even just 20 years ago. I'd love to see your source for historical snowfall totals.

Ah, the old ‘what watch, which watch, where watch?’ defense.

It’s probably at the bottom of the lake right now.

I get what you're saying, but at the same time there are varying degrees of this and it isn't all inaccurate.

Take the "January thaw" example. Sure, "January thaw"'s happen most years, but they have increased in number and duration.

In Chittenden county we've barely had more than a dozen days below freezing. Ya, I'll complain about the unseasonably warm weather and how it's most likely because of climate change, even if I can't say for sure.

Who buys a Rolex for a 21 year old? No one. That’s partly how you know this story is made up.

Pizzeria verita

Hmm.

Are you an experienced poultry-keeper? Is your home in a nice isolated rural area?

I don't want to harsh your bliss, but this sort of thing doesn't always work out as well as some of the YouTube channels would leave you to believe.

If you don't already hang out at r/backyardchickens, you might want to post a description about your current setup/future ideas and let some of the old hands kick it around a little.

Using a container for a chicken coop is a terrible idea. It's going to be roasting hot in the summer unless you cut holes for ventilation, which is going to be ten times as hard to do with a steel container as it would be with an ordinary shed. It will also be freezing cold in the winter. You want something smaller than a container so the chickens' body heat and the manure breaking down will keep the coop a few degrees warmer than the outside. Speaking of manure, you will want something with a dirt floor to let the ammonia leach out. The doors on a container aren't going to be very well suited for a chicken coop, and again they'll be much harder to modify than wooden doors would be. I'd check FB marketplace and Craigslist for a used shed or chicken coop if you're on a budget.

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I would just build it the old fashioned way. I don’t know why the shipping container craze is a thing, they’re really not crazy cost effective unless you build like a house. Even then, it’s an insane amount of labor, and after it’s done you live in a shipping container lol

That’s too bad. We have a new baby now, so I mostly lust after fancy food on instagram these days rather than actually go out. I’ll be lucky if we get take out and nice wine this Valentine’s Day. 😂

I’m not saying it’s a trend though. I’m saying the same reason you can’t know it’s a trend is the same reason you don’t know it’s an anomaly.

Was gonna type “starry night” too. Perfect spot for your needs. Back room is great.

yes that's how math works. You can't say it's a trend until you can define the trend.... right now it's an anomaly - sorry the math upsets you

How much do you think that the price of a dozen eggs is going to climb to? How many eggs do you eat in a week? I'm not a rocket surgeon or mathematician but if you figure the cost of the chickens and the cost of chicken feed and a $1700 shipping container and the cost of shipping the shipping container then you could pay $25 a dozen for the next 10 years before you see a nickel in money saved and if you say that they taste so much better than store bought then you aren't putting enough Frank's hot sauce on them.

I love the inn at Shelburne farms, it’s super pricy but so is anything farm to table. The added bonus is that being at Shelburne farms is its own experience, super beautiful and you can make a whole day of exploring the farm before the meal.

Does blue paddle still do private events?

They will lay regardless the first winter.

I cannot imagine having to clean that.

Ducks are extremely dirty and will make a chicken coop a mess. You should keep them separately.

> Making drugs free won't stop junkies from doing junkie shit my guy.

What? It does exactly that. That is the whole basis of replacement therapy which is the most successful method to treat opiate addiction.

Vermont more likely to have a Goddess. IMHO

I have a coop that I used to keep about 10 hens in. It was about 4’ by 8’ and about 4’ tall without the legs. I free ranged my birds. A storage container takes up a lot of unnecessary space and are basically permanent. The town you live in may make you permit it

He’s so cute