How many of you are disaster prepping?

[Anonymous]

My family has been preparing for about 3 years now.. It’s been slow going due to finances but we are getting there.. We own chickens for eggs and meat, just got a few goats that will be bred for milk and will be getting a few rabbits in the very near future.. We have also been working on solar power to get off the grid.. Food is a hot topic when it comes to a SHTF scenario and unfortunately if you are like me, you don’t have the equipment, know how or space.. Here is one option we’ve found for long term food storage.. http://myfoodinsurance.com has dehydrated foods that just take water to prepare, Lasts 25 years, compact packaging and has many option available such as soy, gluten and lactose free as well as kosher.. If you want, you can order a freebie pack if you pay shipping so you can try it.. Everything I’ve had so far has been amazing! This may be a great place for someone to start!

[NicMM]

Is it legal in California to raise rabbit/chicken for meal?

NicMM

[quote=GreenGoddess]My family has been preparing for about 3 years now.. It’s been slow going due to finances but we are getting there.. We own chickens for eggs and meat, just got a few goats that will be bred for milk and will be getting a few rabbits in the very near future.. We have also been working on solar power to get off the grid.. Food is a hot topic when it comes to a SHTF scenario and unfortunately if you are like me, you don’t have the equipment, know how or space.. Here is one option we’ve found for long term food storage.. http://myfoodinsurance.com has dehydrated foods that just take water to prepare, Lasts 25 years, compact packaging and has many option available such as soy, gluten and lactose free as well as kosher.. If you want, you can order a freebie pack if you pay shipping so you can try it.. Everything I’ve had so far has been amazing! This may be a great place for someone to start![/quote]

[Anonymous]

I’m honestly not sure.. You would have to look up your local ordinances to find out.. I’m in NC and I’m surrounded by a lot of farms and farmland..

[svelte]

[quote=NicMM]Is it legal in California to raise rabbit/chicken for meal?

NicMM
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Depends on where you live.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/78935/the-city-of-san-diego-california-chicken-and-gamebird-fowl-law

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=flu][quote=paramount]Make your own MRE:

http://www.shtfblog.com/diyhow-to-make-your-own-mres-at-home/%5B/quote%5D

I don’t get it…Someone writes on a blog step by step how to take a bunch of prepackaged foods, put them into a plastic bag, and vacuum seal them (with a device that is a wannabe foodsaver+ I might add)… as a “Make your own MRE”…This should have been a 2-3 sentence line in a blog..”Find your favorite dried food, put them in a bag, vacuum seal them, and label them appropriately…” But man, the dude wrote an entire page on this “procedure”….

I’m looking for survival guide #2, in which the guy blogs.
“How to make your own porta-potty.”…complete with illustrations too.

“Step 1: find a bush.. Step 2: bring a toilet paper roll.. Step 3, 4, 5, 6….”
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Seriously, it pays to be on a septic system,
When they had that big wind storm that hit Arcadia and surrounds hard last year and they lost power for a week or so,
The sewer pumps were out as well, it backed up and started coming into the lower homes.
I would Say LOL but it was not funny (well at least for them).

[UCGal]

Yes you can have chickens and goats.
Even within city limits of San Diego.
I’m trying to talk the hubster into backyard chickens but he’s pushing back.
We have neighbors with chickens.

Edited to add this link:
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/feb/01/san-diego-city-council-approves-backyard-chickens-/

The chickens have been legal for a while in San Diego. I first started considering it (lobbying for it) a few years ago.

edited to add specifics of the laws link.
http://media.nbcbayarea.com/documents/SDchickensgoatsbees.pdf

[svelte]

[quote=UCGal]Yes you can have chickens and goats.
Even within city limits of San Diego.
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Well, not everywhere within the city of San Diego.

Homes that are a part of an HOA will often not allow chickens/poultry on the property.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/294578/hoa-restriction

[bearishgurl]

My tract’s CC&R’s (yes, from back in the day) do not allow poultry or swine along with some variations of humans (which the Unruh Act thankfully superseded) …

I’m sure the “no poultry or swine” provision still stands, however.

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