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[Happy Chooks]

Quote: We are becoming useless. We cannot build anything anymore.

I would like to know which companies will be shipping their birds to China for processing................so I can avoid their product.

 

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[MossyoakLane]

We are becoming useless. We cannot build anything anymore.

I would like to know which companies will be shipping their birds to China for processing................so I can avoid their product.

I just can't figure out how it can be cheaper to do this. Americans need jobs, factoring in the cost of unemployment as well as the direct cost to ship this is going to cost the US a ton of money.

I too, would like to avoid their products.....

Ugh my boycott list is just getting longer and longer. This is why we pretty much stick to the produce and meat aisles in our grocery stores, when I cannot find something local.......

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Yes I agree another one to boycott:/

We were showing my seven year old videos of the children in America that are homeless/starving. Her question was simply...."why are people letting kids be hungry?" All I could say was, "good question" we homeschool and it was part of social studies for the day. That, and she was being a little spoiled all afternoon so it was appropriate

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Green Fire Farms is selling Ayam Cemani chickens now. They are very expensive and there is also an person from Florida that has some. She is selling them on ebay. The chicks that hatched from a $1400 hatching egg auction hatched out looking like Marans.

There have been issues between the three or so breeders with them in the US and Green Fire. There have also been mis communications with breeders that have them in Indonesia. There are a lot of passionate folks on that thread.

The pure ones are supposed to lay 60 eggs a year, so that would be 5 egg a month. The cemani coming to the US look like a version from Norway or Sweden--they are crossed and likely lay more eggs than 60 per year.(Shh, do not post that on the Cemani thread...)

Ron is it that they lay five eggs a month? or they only lay 60 eggs per cycle?

 

[ronott1]

Ron is it that they lay five eggs a month? or they only lay 60 eggs per cycle?

I wonder that too. The average says 60 per year. That may very will be in the Spring and no eggs late summer to winter.

 

[PetRock]

X2 ... I'm so sorry that both of you have had to go through this, knowing how much your chickens mean to you. Chiquita, you need HOTwire.


I notice lots of people are calling it different things. I enjoyed it. It was nice to see Debi - who I did recognize

- and I am so grateful to Daphne, who helped me haul 12 squawking, flapping, not cage trained chickens from the truck to the cages and back again. I'm even more in awe of Deb now, since she shows so many birds at once.

It was nice seeing some BYCers at the Heirloom Exposition!

I snapped some pics of Walt with your beautiful Delawares, Kim! We just got home so after I recover, I'll post one or two. I wish that we had all been more organized and planned a time and place to meet. Maybe next year!

 

[juststruttin]

This is just wrong on so many levels
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/usda-allow-china-process-chickens-ship-back-u-214500281.html

Thanks for posting this. I read this article a few days ago on Yahoo news and found it extremely disturbing. According to the article, they are going to use this chicken in processed foods which means Country of Origin is not required. So, any processed foods with chicken in it could potentially have chicken from China in it.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

I wonder that too. The average says 60 per year. That may very will be in the Spring and no eggs late summer to winter.

Ya I'm wondering if its just that the cycle is just 60 eggs and the rest of the year they just hang out haha. I was also wondering how old they are when they start to lay?

 

[debs_flock]

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From what I've read (I've been researching the breed for several years now), they lay around 20 eggs per cycle, then take off 4-6 weeks, then lay another 20 eggs for a total of around 3 lay cycles per year.

Truly an "ornamental" breed in the production department, they are also a lightweight game type bird.

If you are looking for a black breed of a higher production and meatier body type, go for a Black Swedish Hen. Equally rare in this country.

And both, black to the bones........as they say.