You have an excellent point, greggy. I do belive they are filling a purpose for many millions of Americans.
I have always said Americans have gotten too far removed from their food sources and that the dispatching in most any manner is seen as cruel and violent. I can't figure out how people...
This is a small video from an entire culinary series done by Jamie Oliver in the UK. There is more to the series than this video. There is also the commerical processing of broilers and how chicken ends up in the grocers meat case and eventually on the dinner table. Remember this is in the UK...
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The male chicks feed to meat ratio is not profitable for growing them out. It takes 10 - 12 weeks to grow them out for eating size when a meat chicken is ready for dispatch at 5 weeks or so.
Sad but that is the reality of big business.
I have seen Jamies series on chickens and the hatchery and meat industry. I respect him alot for trying to educate the public on what happens to baby chicks, how the meat on their table is dispatched and processed. No it isn't pretty to see. It is however realty.
I do not agree with how...