Posts by paduanchook

Although they can fly well, I have no probes keeping them in my pens. They aren't nervous chickens bit they aren't lap chickens either. The problem I've had is that they are not hardy as chicks.  And not as meaty or large as I...

  all us chickeneers (chicken whisperer) stick together..were with you steve!

with new illness due to genetcally modified organisms, i think the impact will be much more severe than simple domestication,  this is already having an impact, cattle dyingt, the rising of different organisms.  i dont think...

i would like to read pauls work, is it online or something i can order?  thanx for ur kindness, mark

ill try and get name of geneticist asap.  there are many causes to obesity, and i wasnt trying to imply that cx were the sole prob, just a cog in the wheel.  and i was just passing info that i thot was interesting, u didnt have...

just passing some ineresting facts told by a geneticist:broilers all around the world have been tested and found to have a genetic fat gene mutation that contributes to people being over weightthat the fat in cx is omega 6 (the bad fat)...

i do also believe for now there is a need to feed the masses. cx fits that bill, as does the acres and acres of corn you see in the fields.  but mass production has its price, nutrition is much lower than in heritage types. ...

brunty, you are right in many ways, that was an article written by harvey usuary and i forgot to copy over credit. i thot it was interesting.  my opinion is rhis:if your in it for money and its an issue, cx is prob for you.  i...

now one can deny that great grandmas chicken was absolutely scrumptious, they had an art to cooking.  the ones that could used certain breeds for certain dishes,  your birds can be cooked tender, my mom can do it, and the...

just looking back .  thinking of new developments since the first post.  anybody want some commercial turky with drug resistant salmonella on the side?