I roll the dice and live dangerously. 
But I do buy eggs that are local although I canāt say I really āknowā the source.
I made the Milk Street Kitchen recipe @Bromfield2 mentioned in post #39. It was so easy. The dough came together nicely in the food processor and I didnāt worry about over working it. It rolled out very nicely.
I baked the scraps with sugar and cinnamon and they were delicious and tender. My parents grew up during the depression so I learned to never waste anything.
I use my own eggs, if the girls are laying.
Juliaās recipe heats up the yolks until they are quite hot to the touch. I choose to assume that that, plus the liqueur, will kill most anything.
ETA: the pecan pie was adored by the pecan pie lovers, and even I had a little and liked it. I used a vodka crust recipe for the first time. Canāt say that it was necessarily better than my usual crust, but it was very easy to work with.
Iām jealous that you have āthe girlsā, @Consolation. Iāve wanted to try it - that and bees - but Iām concerned all our wildlife would see them as lunch or more likely a midnight snack.
I do lose some of them to predators. You have to have a secure coop for them at night. Mine range during the day, and most of the time are all right. There is the occasional hawk, but chickens are naturally wary and tend to stick to areas near or under bushes. I actually had many predator-free years, then some foxes moved in somewhere in the woods behind us. They are at their worst when raising kits circa June. Then it helps to have a pen, although the girls are not at all happy about it.
No bees for me. Iām afraid of them!
Our town council voted against chickens. :-/ My brother (well really his wife) has chickens in a huge chicken coop. They let them out most days, but itās a bit risky as there is a local fox that thinks they are tasty.
I put a little whiskey in my pecan pie this year - thanks to this thread. (Not a peaty one, but one that was far too good for cooking LOL.) No complaints. I overcooked it a bit this year on top of having pre-toasted the chopped pecans in the goop. (Then I put whole ones on top.) It was still good.
I think the biggest plus to the vodka crust is thatās itās easy to roll out.
We have a neighbor who is allergic to be stings. So no extra liability for me. Too many coyotes and raccoons here in my neck of the woods to even think about chickens.
Did not make any pies. My family survived!!
We have fox, bear, coyotes, fishers, raccoons, you name it, in abundance. I think it would lead to losses that would make it expensive and fruitless.
@doschicos - Iām picturing you as Snow White in her little hut with all the animals doing kitchen work together.
With the double bowl sink. 
Weāve had a very large rafter of huge, wild turkeys living in our yard lately. They seem to be surviving thus far.
Iāve got a huge surplus of chipmunks if anybody wants to come get some and re-home them.
Sorry, in my state, re-homing wildlife is illegal.
Yeh, the turkeys are something, eh?
Suggestion:
Invite them all over for some beers or higher proof alcoholic drinks.
Once you get them all drunk, drive or hire some friendly HS/college kids to drive them to and drop them off at the nearest fraternity house, Finals Club, or Eating Club so they can continue to indulge in their quest for free food/drink opportunities. 
If you like this suggestion, please feel free to send me a few dozen homemade pecan pies to yours truly.
Youāre just looking for excuses to not take my chipmunks, @lookingforward.
Seeing a tree with 20 roosting turkeys sitting in it is pretty funny.
A bit off topic, but this just showed up and I think this pie-head thread might like it. http://www.bonappetit.com/story/love-cranberry-lime-pie?mbid=nl_001_11302016_Daily&CNDID=14389432&spMailingID=13867521&spUserID=MTU4NDQ3MDExMjcxS0&spJobID=883004882&spReportId=ODgzMDA0ODgyS0
Not all the pics are as pretty as some. The recipe is in a link there.
We have foxes, fishers, coyotes, turkeys, deer, hawks, raccoonsā¦ and yes, the ubiquitous chipmunks. From time to time we have had mice and rats! Havenāt seen bear or moose near us, although they might be thereā¦and havenāt seen any rabbits lately. (Probably due to the foxes and coyotes.) Raccoons were much more ubiquitous in CT, as were deer.
I love the wild turkeys. My mother in CT is plagued by chipmunks that persist in living inside her retaining walls, causing gradual damage and potential collapse.
We have a lot of stone walls and retaining walls on our property and we call them the Chipmunk Condominiums. You can literally see multiple heads poking out sometimes. They are a real nuisance and there is no shortage of acorns this fall to keep them fat and happy all winter.
The bear are more active around us and weāve had to give up on bird feeders in our yard after several came to hang out attracted by feeders and destroyed them on a few occasions. I miss all the colorful birds that were drawn to our yard.
Weāve also got bald eagles. The coyotes come up from the river and have been seen a few blocks from me (no one can figure quite where they live or what they live off.)
Today was national pie day - ar least according to something that popped up in my facebook feed.
Happykid wants bees or chickens or goats or alpacas. So far though, all we have is houseplants. Whew!
Pie day? Pie day is March 14th and always has been. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.
Well, I made the mistake of googlingā¦ thereās a national pie day on January 23rd and one thatās today and of course, the traditional one, which is March 14th. Iām sticking to March 14th, at least it makes sense.
A fair argument can be made that every day is pie day - but that could lead to fistfights with the cookie, cake, and donut factionsā¦