calling any one from missouri

[SueT]

Oh... I'm talking about the one in Lebanon, mo

Right, this will be my first trip to Lebanon.

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Right, this will be my first trip to Lebanon.

Oh. Okay, okay. I met a guy in Tractor Supply a few days ago that hatches and trucks chicks out of state. Wish I could have picked his brain a little more He didn't mention anything about the chicken's living conditions, though.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

They don't have the breeder birds there. They ship them in from other places. They are kind of rough with the chicks, imho

Hum. I figured their breeders were their own stock. Interesting.

Have you ever been to Joplin's poultry swap? I guess it was today. First Sat. of the month. You may have already answered this in the past, I often don't remember who is who here.


I've been to Estes Hatchery...it also has quite an aroma. I heard on this thread that they are moving to a new facility in Mt. Vernon. The old building in Springfield doesn't have a store front, just a counter in the office. No bins of sale priced surplus chicks/ducklings to tempt you.

No I've never been. That's something I should probably be looking into. I'll probably have call ducklings to sell this spring/summer.

 

[1cock2hens]

they contract different farms from arround the country. some of the birds are really really good quality, some eh, if you want to see what the breeder flocks for cackle look like they have a lot of them posted on youtube.

@Fanci Feathers Marans if you think the chicks at a hatchery are treated rough dont go to a commercial chicken farm and watch them unload broiler chicks. they literally throw them out of baskets a good 5 feet. one after another just throwing them in piles on top of and next to each other. It's back breaking work, It was part of my job for years.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

they contract different farms from arround the country. some of the birds are really really good quality, some eh, if you want to see what the breeder flocks for cackle look like they have a lot of them posted on youtube.

@Fanci Feathers Marans if you think the chicks at a hatchery are treated rough dont go to a commercial chicken farm and watch them unload broiler chicks. they literally throw them out of baskets a good 5 feet. one after another just throwing them in piles on top of and next to each other. It's back breaking work, It was part of my job for years.

that's not nice. I've heard commercial chicken farms are pretty cruel. But I know not every animal can be a beloved pet.

 

[1cock2hens]

thats about as cruel as it gets honestly.I spent 5 years living on a commercial chicken farm

edit, they use this crazy giant vacuum cleaner thing to suck up the chickens when they catch them now, seems like it would not be fun if you were a chicken

 

[SueT]

oh wow...and do the hatcheries really grind up the excess male chicks?

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

oh wow...and do the hatcheries really grind up the excess male chicks?

What's the benefit of grinding? Why not just kill them the old fashioned way?

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Hum. I figured their breeders were their own stock. Interesting.


No I've never been. That's something I should probably be looking into. I'll probably have call ducklings to sell this spring/summer.

Not from what I've heard. Some come from Amish, others from independent breeders.

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

they contract different farms from arround the country. some of the birds are really really good quality, some eh, if you want to see what the breeder flocks for cackle look like they have a lot of them posted on youtube.

@Fanci Feathers Marans if you think the chicks at a hatchery are treated rough dont go to a commercial chicken farm and watch them unload broiler chicks. they literally throw them out of baskets a good 5 feet. one after another just throwing them in piles on top of and next to each other. It's back breaking work, It was part of my job for years.

My Dad looked into raising meat chickens for Tyson one time because he wanted the manure for his fields. It didn't occur to me that the chicks weren't hatched by the growers and had to be moved.