It is real!

https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=15398

Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement today after introducing a bill authorizing President Trump to acquire Greenland and renaming it Red, White, and Blueland:

“America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland. President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal.”

  • @towelie
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    85 hours ago

    My partner and I moved into an eco village and are going to buy chickens this summer. Blew my mind to learn a live chicken only costs $75

    • @cokeslutgarbage
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      62 hours ago

      I get them from the farm lady down the street for like twelve bucks, she even let’s me pick out the one I want, who sold you a single chicken for $75? Shame on them.

      • @towelie
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        52 hours ago

        I neglected to mention in the comment that the chickens I’m looking at are of the Ayam Cemani breed, which are pure black, including their organs. They’re pretty coveted, so I was surprised that even those are very cheap!

    • @snekerpimp
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      144 hours ago

      I can buy chicks from the tractor supply a half mile from my house for $4.99 a piece. They have multiple breeds there too. Been contemplating that investment for awhile…

      • Anne
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        83 hours ago

        You should go for it, raising chickens is surprisingly easy and they are a hoot to watch frolicking around your yard.

        However, fuck Tractor Supply for rolling back their DEI initiatives Search for local hatcheries to buy your chicks. Last spring, I bought ten pre-sexed female chicks (which, admittedly comes with the ethical concerns of what they do with the males) of random “designer” breeds for only $95 including shipping.

        • @snekerpimp
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          63 hours ago

          Everyone in my family is for it, as long as I’m the one that takes care of their end of life… that has been why I haven’t gone through with it yet lol

          • Anne
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            43 hours ago

            It is so hard when you lose one of the flock, and foxes, weasels, raccoons, whatever predators are in your area can smell them for miles and will snatch one eventually. But, for all the sobbing beside a pile of feathers I have done, I still wholeheartedly recommend that you go for it!

        • Maeve
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          23 hours ago

          What kinds of designers? We had some designer chickens, they were delightful.

          • Anne
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            222 minutes ago

            Right now we have three orpingtons, two brahma, one cochin, three golden comets, two marans, two plymouth rock, one silkie bantam, two sussex, and one wyandotte.

            I had more bantams but they are really really good jumpers because they’re so small and light, they can nearly fly, and they would insist on roosting in a tree… Their steadfast refusal to come in at night ended in their demise.

            • Maeve
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              117 minutes ago

              Oh dear, for the banties! Silkies, sizzles and frizzles are so cuddly. Had a cooper copper maran that was my baby, though. I really miss them all, except the mean Rhode Island bully. Enjoy your babies, they are smart and loyal.

              Autocorrect is so fun!

    • volvoxvsmarla
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      64 hours ago

      I saw someone on the German equivalent to Craigslist selling a rooster for 5€ today. Said they had three home grown roosters and that’s too many. It’s a full grown rooster. I am both surprised that this is so cheap and that it’s legal to just sell roosters like a second hand iPod.

    • Maeve
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      65 hours ago

      Wait until you supplement feeding and have to worm them.

      • @[email protected]
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        63 hours ago

        Tbh, feeding them is cheap if you supply them with table scraps. They’re basically feathered pigs.

        • Maeve
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          43 hours ago

          That’s true. We had a lot of chickens a long time ago, not enough table scraps, though. We kept them penned most of the time for their protection from natural predators, including our cat.

      • @[email protected]
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        4 hours ago

        Chickens are simple easy and cheap. Source: I own chickens and it’s not the first time

        30 dozen eggs a month for ~$18 per month. (Is my current set up). Initial investment is really all, which isn’t high if you have scrap wood laying around somewhere

        • Maeve
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          33 hours ago

          We had a lot of chickens at one time, they got expensive for reasons I mentioned. But we had a lot, of varying different kinds.