Issues with mass production:Many animal rights advocates object to killing chickens for food or to the "factory farm conditions" under which they are raised. They contend that commercial chicken production often involves raising the birds in large, crowded rearing sheds that prevent the chickens from...
A high percentage of chickens each are confined in a single compacted area for the majority of their lives until the day they reach their life expectancy of 7-8 weeks. So, the question that arises is, to what extent should raising and killing a chicken be considered moral and natural?
Well, the super-flock actually killed each other, so it turned out that the average flock laid more eggs in total and was more successful. Neil Yes, but why was that? Catherine Well, the super-chickens must have seen...
The most frequently cited reason for killing chickens among the 5% of respondents who selected “other” was that a particular bird was overly aggressive. Living environment had an effect on the likelihood of respondents killing their chickens (Table 1), with urban respondents less likely to have...
I thought I’d be all organized with my helpful hints about raising chickens and sustainable gardening – and you will find those here – and – I ran into a big dilemma, which is: what do we do with the male chicks – those roos – when killing is not something you want to do?
This happens all the time, of course… One glaring example is howNPR, the great bastion of liberal media, seemed to do story after story in the summer/fall of 2015on how rough of a time the food industry was having because Avian Influenza was killing (or causing to be murdered) millions...
It is apparent that there is a conflict between welfare and meat quality in the electrical water bath stunning and/or killing procedure. View chapter Review article Influence of sex and rearing method on performance and flock uniformity in broilers—implications for research settings Animal Nutrition ...
Hold the needle over each egg and ask "what is it" and if it moves you will know. I told a friend about this a year ago and she claims a 90% correct rate of hatch. I did this for years on my horses to sell the foals before they were born. I was 100% correct. I also used...
Fresh, finely chopped garlic releases allicin, an organosulfur compound and powerful antimicrobial that is capable of killing common bacteria and fungi associated with chickens, such as Salmonella, Staphylococcus, Candida, and Aspergillus. When left out for some time, the allicin eventually degrades and...
Eggs occupy a theoretically ambiguous place on this spectrum, as it is possible to produce them without killing any chickens. Nevertheless modern egg production does involve killing chickens. First,virtually all male chicksare destroyed within a few moments of hatching (though the egg industry has ...