8bells
Junior Member
Chickens are Revolting
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Post by 8bells on Aug 24, 2010 21:26:04 GMT -6
"Old Wives Tale" has been documented by dozens of AG schools, and thousands of egg farmers around the world. As per example: www.poultry.msstate.edu/extension/pdf/culling.pdfRead it through: it is one of the most effective culling tools available to the professional producer, although nowadays, they just send ALL hens (at a farm's choice of) at a certain age to the "by-products' factory. It is a cruel world in the commercial egg business. A hen laying 100 eggs per year eats just as much as a hen laying 300 a year. Where I worked, they were not so brutal; they culled what their breeders had produces, maintaining a standardized sized stock, except in winter. They had 4-5 year olds on the line. We even had a "prize" hen: she laid ONE egg, and went broody! "Grampa" said give her to the cook, but his son moved her to the brood house, where she continued brooding chicks for over 12 years (over a thousand chicks). The only hen on a four generation farm to have a grave site!
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Post by gardendaddy on Aug 25, 2010 6:29:04 GMT -6
THANKS, 8bells, I see what you are saying now. I meant that the lady following my blog made it sound like the whole leg changes colors...
Mike
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Post by herb on Aug 25, 2010 6:55:24 GMT -6
I have a Shamo hen that has not laid egg #1 for me. But she is beautiful and I have her with a good Thai cockbird. Normally, I would have souped her a long time ago BUT I just gotta wait and get some chicks out of the pair.
See, this is why we shouldn't get emotional about poultry - yeah right Herb.
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Post by Timbo on Aug 26, 2010 23:40:10 GMT -6
lol! Your birds are just to beautiful for a soup bowl. Or do they look better in a bowl? ;D
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