Paul Harvey says egg production is up!!

[countrygirl4513]

Did anyone hear Paul Harvey this morning? He said the egglaying industry is finding out that free range hens produce more eggs.That they are happier and healthier chickens. That some are tearing down the old laying houses and letting their birds free range. Egg production is up 5% vs. hens in laying houses! And consumers are prefering the free range eggs!!Why...who'd a thunk it?

We've only been preaching it for how long now?

 

[hencackle]

That's a start to ending the caged layer farming...I hope these people provide plenty of land to range. It's been quite a while since I've listened to Paul Harvey, so thanks for that tidbit.

 

[speckledhen]

Well, DUH! They never listen to us. Next thing, they'll say it was all their idea in the first place.

 

[ivan3]

Five Acre Poultry Farms.

Can a living for a family be made from a five acre poultry farm? Yes; by individual effort, where the marketing opportunities are good; by corporate or co-operate effort, any place where the fundamental conditions are right.

This type of poultry farm is well suited for development near our large cities, where the cry of "back to the land" has filled with new hope the discouraged dweller in flat and tenement. No greater chance for humanitarian work, and at the same time no greater business opportunity, is open to-day...

The Dollar Hen
Milo Hastings
1911
(read/download entire book here)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13254/13254.txt

The more things change...

Circa 1904
(fellow Missourians might recognize Supreme Court building in background)​

 

[bigzio]

Great post.....

bigzio