iron de havilland: There'll be eggs from Malta and Scotch from Sicily. You'll be paying money to yourself when you buy from the syndicate, since you'll own a share, so you'll really be getting everything you buy for nothing

Doesn't that make sense?

Oneiros: Eddie Hazel's E string: Anyone have legitimate insight as to when the shortage might let up and prices may fall? How long does it take for supplies to replenish after an outbreak of avian flu?

Supposedly they have outbreaks every year, but they're in the winter instead of the summer, so I assume in the past they started raising new chicks to prepare for the losses.

internet research suggests they start laying at 18 weeks.  So probably 5 months just to get back to laying capacity, assuming they have sufficient fertilized eggs at the time.  But then there's also rebuilding the reserves of eggs... and the question of if the people involved are willing to cut prices when they know the market will adjust to the higher price.

So quite possibly never.  Best case scenario?  Probably a year, when they're sure that there isn't a summer avian flu going around again.

Oneiros: NINEv2: I've started looking into yardasauruses but we'll probably wait til we get land.

Some friends had them during the pandemic.  Unless you're also using them for some sort of insect control, I doubt it's worth it financially other than maybe a piece of mind thing.

And they're little garbage disposals, as they'll eat almost any food scraps.

(They gave them up because the chickens started disappearing... with bits of blood and feathers behind... they're not sure if it was a fox or an eagle, both of which they had seen in their area)

olrasputin: Oneiros: olrasputin: I've lived maybe half a mile away from an Aldi for damn near 10 years, and I still barely go there. Part is that is that I'm surrounded by badass cheap grocers, but a lot is that the place is farking dangerous. Go in for eggs and some veggies, and come out with an extra $30 or $40 worth of cool, oddball prepared foods and snacks.

Okay, I admit that I picked up too much German Christmas stuff (stolen, speculaas cookies), etc, last month, but you'd have the issue of finding novel stuff in any new-to-you store.

Once you're regularly going to Aldi, just avoid the 3 aisles in the front, as that's where the majority of the high turnover stuff is.

Yeah, fair. It doesn't help that the Asian grocer that has. farking. everything. employs a similar setup. And I'm still slowly working my way through that craziness:

"Oooh, they have fresh stuff from a local bakery down the road"
"Oh hey, dried preserved gooseberries...and ginger...and little peaches..."
"...and fark. The savory snack section."

/place is nuts though
//"Oh, the Thai tamarind paste? Yeah, it's on aisle 7 on the left side...between the preserved root veggies and soybeans and loose leaf tobacco. Under the palm sugar."
///not an exaggeration