NoTeleBob
Poster Extraordinaire
Which shortage came first?
The 2021 Chicken Shortage
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Which shortage came first?
What in the world will they make beef patties out of now?
Costco is the only place in town where I can still get my Louisiana Hot Links made out of pork. Everywhere else I go looking for them they say made with pork and CHICKEN! I think they just have the hog drag his butt through the chicken slime, because you sure can't taste anything but the live chickens they toss into the meat chopper. I like fried chicken, sometimes even barbecued chicken, but I don't want it in stuff I have to guess which part is the chicken and which part is the chicken shilt!
2HBStrat
Poster Extraordinaire
Wings are hardly "a wasted part" of a chicken. It's my favorite part!
kingofdogs1950
Tele-Afflicted
Not to worry.
There's plenty of sources of meat that 'tastes like chicken,' but its best not to ask exactly what those sources are.
King
There's plenty of sources of meat that 'tastes like chicken,' but its best not to ask exactly what those sources are.
King
Come to my neighborhood. At the end of my road and just beyond there are a couple of dozen chickens and roosters.
They normally start about 4:30am and continue throughout the day until night. Every day after every day after.......
Tyson is our preferred generic brand even though the Naked Chicken breasts are exceptional
They normally start about 4:30am and continue throughout the day until night. Every day after every day after.......
Tyson is our preferred generic brand even though the Naked Chicken breasts are exceptional
MrClint
Tele-Holic
I know this was said in jest, but it would be true if the availability of hatched eggs (in the form of broiler chicks) was in a short supply. I don't see anything pointing to shortages in this regard. Broiler chickens are ready to process at four pounds and in only seven to nine weeks. It's a fast turnover meat source if there ever was one. It wouldn't take much effort or space to ramp up some small scale production if the market got too crazy.
FYI: I'm becoming more self-sufficient as a result of the way things have been trending for years now, but I haven't yet taken the plunge into small scale critter wrangling.
The price of chicken is still relatively cheap compared to beef and pork. As a result, there is more chicken being consumed. There's no shortage, but the price of chicken has risen along with everything else.
BelairPlayer
Friend of Leo's
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You fools and your chickens. I’m not worried. I’m breeding guinea pigs like tribbles. Barbecue sauce fixes everything.
JL_LI
Poster Extraordinaire
I thought this was nonsense so I asked my wife. She heard about it but said she just bought some in Whole Foods. I asked her how much she paid and she said she didn’t ask. Why not? Don’t shop in Whole Foods if you care how much the chicken costs.
It must be regional. Around here chicken is plentiful and cheap. California is about tenth or lower on the amount of chickens hatched. So I don't understand how it goes so cheap. $0.99lb today for whole chicken breasts, $1.99lb for everything else. Beef on the other hand is up anywhere from $2-4.00 per pound. I have been eating chicken because it is so cheap. I am starting to get creative.
soundchaser59
Friend of Leo's
If it's the good of the country you want then we should hope for the cigarette shortage and the beer shortage and the French fry shortage.
Censport
Tele-Afflicted
It might be my fault. My favorite thing to order is four fried chickens and a Coke.
bowman
Poster Extraordinaire
I heard about it, but have seen no evidence personally. In fact, just last week one of the local supermarkets had a buy one, get one free of any cut of chicken, no limit on how much you could buy. So the shortage can't be too bad. One thing I've noticed in the last year is that there are quite a few backyards around with chickens roaming in them. Those are for eggs mostly, I assume, but there are a lot more than there used to be. I'm considering it myself - they are pretty low maintenance and they'll eat every insect they see on the ground.
Cosmic Cowboy
Tele-Afflicted
Raise my own.
soundchaser59
Friend of Leo's
If you get diet coke then you can add three orders of fries.
jvin248
Doctor of Teleocity
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Chicken strips, nuggets, and breaded slabs for sandwiches are most often produced in China and shipped here.
Shipping bottlenecks abound.
You can always raise your own ...
Or ... 'tastes like chicken' ...
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Chicken strips, nuggets, and breaded slabs for sandwiches are most often produced in China and shipped here.
Shipping bottlenecks abound.
You can always raise your own ...
Or ... 'tastes like chicken' ...
.
soundchaser59
Friend of Leo's
Nobody has been Raising Cane's prices yet.
VonBonfire
Tele-Afflicted
I believe the numbers are that there is only about 1/3 of the yearly number of chickens consumed by the residents of planet earth are alive at any one time. It wouldn't be hatching eggs in short supply i don't think. A shortage of feed could devastate future production capability.
I also been developing a garden and also raise my own chickens and am hoping to expand into sheep and goats when I have enough fencing. The chicks I ordered this year were substantially more money than last years batch. Similar crises to the one developing have been discussed at length for a couple decades now. Most people don't seem to notice or care but now is the time to be protecting your people. Food, water, power sources, warm clothes, a supply of durable goods. Plan for the worst, hope for the best.
