Broiler survey

[Salman Sabeer]

Thanks for your concern. However, I just need people who know about broilers to answer the questions.
Can we please reduce discussing about accuracy and do more surveys to help

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

Thanks for your concern. However, I just need people who know about broilers to answer the questions.

That is the flaw with your sample, the people you are expecting answers from do not know about commercial broilers. There are very few of us on BYC that have been inside a commercial broiler barn. Those that have not are simply repeating biased information typically gleaned from zealots with an agenda against commercial agriculture.

 

[ChickenJerk]

That is the flaw with your sample, the people you are expecting answers from do not know about commercial broilers. There are very few of us on BYC that have been inside a commercial broiler barn. Those that have not are simply repeating biased information typically gleaned from zealots with an agenda against commercial agriculture.

OUTSTANDING!

 

[LilyD]

There is a movie out there that gives you a view of commercial farming with chickens and other animals. It's called Food Inc. I would highly recommend it if you haven't already seen it. It has a lot of information in it which would probably help you out.

 

[ChickenJerk]

There is a movie out there that gives you a view of commercial farming with chickens and other animals. It's called Food Inc. I would highly recommend it if you haven't already seen it. It has a lot of information in it which would probably help you out.

Yes -
It is like a documentary about Israel directed by Al Kider and produced at Taliban Studios.

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

This post perfectly illustrates my point!

There is a movie out there that gives you a view of commercial farming with chickens and other animals. It's called Food Inc. I would highly recommend it if you haven't already seen it. It has a lot of information in it which would probably help you out.

 

[LilyD]

This post perfectly illustrates my point!

I have seen commercial chicken and turkey farms. I have two right down the road (one for turkey and one for chickens). I take great offense that the owner charges over $7.00 a pound per bird marketing her birds as being free range when not one of those birds has ever been outside. The inside of the barns has a dirt floor and there are so many birds in there that it is hard to see the floor underneath. They are given feed 24/7 and bulked up as soon as possible and then thrown on trucks in small boxes and taken to their main farm and processed. After the live ones have been removed they pick up the dead ones, open the big doors and use a skidder to scrape the floor of all the compacted poop before getting the next batch in. Not a healthy way IMO to raise birds.

 

[ChickenJerk]

I have seen commercial chicken and turkey farms. I have two right down the road (one for turkey and one for chickens). I take great offense that the owner charges over $7.00 a pound per bird marketing her birds as being free range when not one of those birds has ever been outside. The inside of the barns has a dirt floor and there are so many birds in there that it is hard to see the floor underneath. They are given feed 24/7 and bulked up as soon as possible and then thrown on trucks in small boxes and taken to their main farm and processed. After the live ones have been removed they pick up the dead ones, open the big doors and use a skidder to scrape the floor of all the compacted poop before getting the next batch in. Not a healthy way IMO to raise birds.

The industrialized poultry industry would characterize what you are describing as a "backyard operation". It bears little similarity to the industry.

 

[ZooSD]

Hi,
I have a school project titled
IS THE FACTORY RAISED BROILER CHICKEN SAFE
I have 8 survey questions and would request for help from 25 people to answer them as soon as possible.
1.Factory raised broilers have good living conditions
2.Factory raised broilers are healthy
3.Factory raised broilers are raised in humane conditions
4.Factory raised broiler chickens are just the same as dual purpose chickens in terms of meat
5.Factory raised broiler chickens are better than dual purpose chickens in terms of meat
6.Factory raised broiler chickens are very disadvantageous when it comes to the quality of their meat
7.Factory raised broiler chickens will make you sick
8.Factory raised broiler chickens are safe
For question 8, safe is defined as not becoming medically ill in the course of a year when a person consumes a broiler chicken every week. Broiler chickens are known to contain more fats than the traditional chickens and this can cause the clogging of arteries and other related diseases due to over consumption of fat. Viruses such as salmonella can also be present in broiler meat when raised in unclean factory conditions and can make the consumer very sick. Basically these are the two illnesses that will define if a broiler chicken is safe in this report.
There are 4 options for each question SA(strongly agree) A(agree) D(disagree) SD(strongly disagree)
Thus, if you agree for Q1, you do this
1.A
If you strongly disagree for Q2,
2.SD
Please try to help me and answer all the questions properly and do not attempt if you are unsure.
I will appreciate all help given
Thank you very much for reading through.

1. SD
2.SD
3.D
4.SD
5.SD
6.A
7.D
8.A - I don't think they are near as healthy as home grown but given what the American public eats you could do worse.
My answers to 7 and 8 are based on my family's eating habits until we started raising our own. Since we started raising ours
my family won't touch a store bought chicken.

 

[Elke Beck]

That is the flaw with your sample, the people you are expecting answers from do not know about commercial broilers. There are very few of us on BYC that have been inside a commercial broiler barn. Those that have not are simply repeating biased information typically gleaned from zealots with an agenda against commercial agriculture.

C'mon folks, this survey is neither reliable nor valid. It is a school project, and for that they do not expect absolutely reliability in measurements, and certainly not validity of the survey instrument. Let the kid do his project! Geeze! Do you go to school science fairs to criticize first graders because their experiment with growing green beans does not take into account every variable?