ELI5 Why do so many ppl treat chickens expendable??

[z3lda3]

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.

Please correct me if I’m wrong, aren’t Brahmas duel purpose too? I’ve got one, Murphy named for @tlcmurphy, I using her for eggs but man oh man is she beefy!

 

[tlcmurphy]

Please correct me if I’m wrong, aren’t Brahmas duel purpose too? I’ve got one, Murphy named for @tlcmurphy, I using her for eggs but man oh man is she beefy!

Hey, I’m not THAT beefy!
Oh, you mean the hen. Carry on.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

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

Philip. As in Fillup the freezer. Barbie, for Barbie Q.

 

[z3lda3]

Cornish. Except Cornish look like Leghorns on steroids

Ok ok I think you’re right! Wow all this time I was thinking Cornish but calling then leghorn. Why what’s wrong with me??

 

[tlcmurphy]

That cartoon doesn’t help, I mean Foghorn Leghorn was HUGE!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Ok ok I think you’re right! Wow all this time I was thinking Cornish but calling then leghorn. Why what’s wrong with me??

Lol. You're a newbie?

 

[z3lda3]

That cartoon doesn’t help, I mean Foghorn Leghorn was HUGE!

Thank you!!! And agreed!!!
That’s it from now on it’s big chicken, or little chicken. The end. No more breed names for me!

 

[z3lda3]

Lol. You're a newbie?

Ish 6 months chicken raises…be gentle

 

[Stravager]

I'd say it's a lot more respectable to eat or use it as bait even then bury, bury is a waste. It gave its life just to be buried? Of course if it's I'll or unfit to eat then you'd have to bury or burn but any use is better then bury or burn if possible

Bury isn't a waste if you're feeding a nutrient deprived tree. Trees can happily dissolve bones.

 

[z3lda3]

Ish 6 months chicken raises…be gentle

Raising* let me find my glasses