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[RUNuts]

I know it’s not their fault and I do feel bad for them and that is why in the future I will not support the franken-chicken industry. Kinda like how some people feel about certain dog breeds, pugs as an example. I fed 2x a day and I put the food far away so they had to move. We also were going to see if we could breed our own meat birds. We have a few nice sized, broad cockerels out of a barnyard mix that we were going to experiment with. Time isn’t an issue for us, healthy birds are what we are aiming for. I was just saying to the SO that we should do a comparative nutrient analysis between CX and a normal chicken. Like a real scientific experiment. I just don’t know who would test the meat. Perhaps we could pay a school?

I respectfully disagree and support your decision. Define the problem and the desired solutions.

CX are efficient in feed and time to processing. There is a place for this solution. Husbandry can be adjusted to minimize the yuck.

I'm raising heritage broilers. Due to who-knows-what (my husbandry, the feed &/or weather), the broilers are below the advertised target weight at this time. Not complaining, I did something different to miss the target. Not the first time. Won't be the last.

It appears that I don't have broilers, just a yard full of healthy, happy, grass eating, running around and delicious chickens. No complaints as my goals were to see what would happen. Now I know.

 

[BantyChooks]

@BantyChooks

I saw where someone posted a pic of you over in the Honey Factory thread.

Such a betrayal of confidence. That photographer swore he would delete all those pictures. The paparazzi lack morals these days.

 

[RUNuts]

Sucks to be you. You'll come around eventually.

Nothing sucks seed like a chicken with no teeth.

Hold your breath. Shouldn't be long.

 

[WhatTheDuckingDuck]

Sucks to be you. You'll come around eventually.

I think somebody did an analysis of homegrown heritage breeds once. I don't remember where the thread/information is now.

That makes me feel less nerdy

 

[BantyChooks]

That makes me feel less nerdy

It's definitely an interesting question, but if I recall correctly there wasn't much difference. Chicken is chicken. Rapid proliferation of cellular growth does not seem to fundamentally alter the structure thereof.

 

[RUNuts]

It's definitely an interesting question, but if I recall correctly there wasn't much difference. Chicken is chicken. Rapid proliferation of cellular growth does not seem to fundamentally alter the structure thereof.

Or the taste, in general.
Exercise and diet will change the toothsomeness, texture, and subtle tastes as does the cooking.
Enjoy.

 

[CindyinSD]

90 here today and we burned brush.
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We'd never get away with that here. Only in winter with minimum 6" of snow on the ground.

 

[CindyinSD]

85°F here and I made wood chips.
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Pic of the chips with something for size comparison? Like a golf ball... something like that. We rented a chipper, and it was more like a chunker. Was hoping for a more useful sized result. I might be up for a used one if lucky enough to find one--if any of them make better chips.

 

[CindyinSD]

Outside humidity is currently 22% here.

Humidity 42%, 83° here, so not bad. My preferred temp range would be 50s-70s, but if it was like that here year-round, it'd just be another big city and I'd have to find my peace elsewhere. City folk get the most livable, beautiful places on account of, lots of peeps want to live there. The rest of us are happy to go elsewhere for all the obvious reasons. Don't cry for me, Argentina--I'm quite content.

 

[CindyinSD]

When you hold down on the "like" button and can choose a reaction.

It also needs a straight up puke reaction.

And an eyeroll one--very usefull, the .