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Originally Posted by Opa 

tried to post a GIF showing how chickens reach market weight much faster today.

 

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OPA - How did this happen to the chickens? 

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Originally Posted by chicken grandma 

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Originally Posted by Opa 

tried to post a GIF showing how chickens reach market weight much faster today.

 

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OPA - How did this happen to the chickens? 

 

Selective breeding. 

Jurassic Chicken?

sarah92480  Pampered Chef or Williams-Sonoma (maybe even Bed Bath & Beyond) a thing that looks like a bar of soap but it is actually stainless steel. You use it as if you are washing your hands with it to get rid of or lessen these odors:
Ooooo i want one! :)  I like pampered chef, i'll have to look it up and see if they still carry it.

NovaAman  I am not sure if I will be giving the FFH here in Holland my business anymore. I may like the variety they have, but I do not like the irresponsible people who work in there.

That's a shame. Our TSC does a decent job, and the FFH in Allendale looked decent when i went in. I think it's all who's working that day, cause on a few occasions when i stopped in at the TSC here they were looking a bit icky, but they are quick to send someone to fix it if you point it out. Found a chick being pecked to death the other day, too, and they whisked it away; so sad i wish i could've took him/her home and fixed him, but that 6 chick minimum....

Does anyone know why the minimum, anyway? Stinks, i wish time to time to add a few to my current ones, but no....

 sarah92480  I just have visions of living in a cabin with no windows and living off the land lol.

Wooo! a kindred spirit. ...........'cept that's not legal anymore in MI...:(

'tis true, i saw basically the same thing happen to  a bin of "broiler" chickens that didn't sell well at the feed mill. Quite shocking, really, the difference between the "regular" chicks and the giant "chicks", if i remember right she said they were ready to eat in 3 months?!

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Originally Posted by Opa 

 

Selective breeding. 

Is that ALL?

I have heard that some of the meat birds are prone to tumors.

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Originally Posted by Juise 

 

This is a brand new store here, I have stopped in a handful of times now, to see what they had, and because it is next door to another store I frequent. Unfortunately, this has been the condition of the chicks every time I have been there. Only once that we were there did even one other person come in, and all the employees were standing around chatting with each other and contemplating their navels. They have definitely lost the benefit of the doubt from me, it really looks as though they just don't give a ship. I'm sorry, but if you are going to carry a dozen brooders of chicks, you should know that you can care for them, in my opinion.

 

You almost made me pee my pants!!!
 

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Originally Posted by fuzzybutt love 

'tis true, i saw basically the same thing happen to  a bin of "broiler" chickens that didn't sell well at the feed mill. Quite shocking, really, the difference between the "regular" chicks and the giant "chicks", if i remember right she said they were ready to eat in 3 months?!

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Originally Posted by chicken grandma 

Is that ALL?

I have heard that some of the meat birds are prone to tumors.

Yes, thats all. 

ETA: Well, that and more efficient nutrition.  But that didn't happen to the chickens, it's just allows what has happened to them to work as well as it does. 

 This thread is the most acitve on today's list!  See everyone in the morning for coffee.  Good night.