ELI5 Why do so many ppl treat chickens expendable??

[z3lda3]

Huh? Waiiiit I’m looking these up..I’m getting confused again

Uhhh I read leghorns are great egg layers! What was i thinking about then??

 

[WaterfowlsPoultry]

Yep. It helps that disconnect I think. Or I’m twisted. I also had a horse an OLD horse, I dearly loved him, but called him “almost glue”.

This reminds me of my neighbor a few years back who owned about 4 pigs and he would call them dishes
"Pork Chops"
"Bacon"
"Pork Loin"
"Ham"

 

[WaterfowlsPoultry]

Uhhh I read leghorns are great egg layers! What was i thinking about then??

They probably are stubborn about their eggs or they are hiding them somewhere.
Unless you have them separated from your other breeds then you probably are mistaking your leghorns eggs for your other breed's eggs.

 

[z3lda3]

This reminds me of my neighbor a few years back who owned about 4 pigs and he would call them dishes
"Pork Chops"
"Bacon"
"Pork Loin"
"Ham"

Yeah for me I HAVE to name them sausage or ham. If I called him Henry or George I’d run into problems.

 

[tlcmurphy]

This reminds me of my neighbor a few years back who owned about 4 pigs and he would call them dishes
"Pork Chops"
"Bacon"
"Pork Loin"
"Ham"

I have a friend that has 2 pigs. Kevin Bacon and Chris P Bacon

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Plymouth Barred Rocks are usually meat birds, New Hampshire and I think Jersey giants are too.

Er, no. Barred Rocks can be considered dual-purpose, which means after the hens' egg-laying days are over, or if you end up with some cockerels, they are heavy-bodied enough to be useful in the kitchen. Not sure New Hampsires are, I think they, like Leghorns, are a lean, egg-laying bird but I could be wrong. And Jersey Giants, though huge, are slow-growing, not really practical in terms of feed-to-meat ratos. In other words, you'll spend too much feeding them to be practical for the amount of meat you'll get from them. You want a bird you feed for a short time that converts the feed into useable meat very quickly. Hence, Cornish X and the like.

 

[z3lda3]

They probably are stubborn about their eggs or they are hiding them somewhere.
Unless you have them separated from your other breeds then you probably are mistaking your leghorns eggs for your other breed's eggs.

Nooo I don’t own any leghorns. I thought they were broiler birds. I’m wondering what I was confusing them with.

 

[z3lda3]

I have a friend that has 2 pigs. Kevin Bacon and Chris P Bacon

THIS. Omg I’m going to buy pigs just to name them these names!!

 

[WaterfowlsPoultry]

Er, no. Barred Rocks can be considered dual-purpose, which means after the hens' egg-laying days are over, or if you end up with some cockerels, they are heavy-bodied enough to be useful in the kitchen. Not sure New Hampsires are, I think they, like Leghorns, are a lean, egg-laying bird but I could be wrong. And Jersey Giants, though huge, are slow-growing, not really practical in terms of feed-to-meat ratos. In other words, you'll spend too much feeding them to be practical for the amount of meat you'll get from them. You want a bird you feed for a short time that converts the feed into useable meat very quickly. Hence, Cornish X and the like.

Ah I see. Thanks for the correction.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Nooo I don’t own any leghorns. I thought they were broiler birds. I’m wondering what I was confusing them with.

Cornish. Except Cornish look like Leghorns on steroids