Vegetarian chickens?

[MPio13]

Whole Foods Market has a commercial on the radio advertising for chicken breast from chickens on a strict vegetarian diet. Thoughts? Chickens are carnivorous right?
When I heard it on the radio at work it stood out and struck me as odd.

 

[BYCforlife]

Yes, they will eat mice, bugs, frogs.... I guess some people don't want meat-fed meat!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

The "all natural veggie diet " is entirely unnatural to chickens, they are omnivores

 

[Mylied]

Omnivores. I don't feel like a vegetarian diet is ideal but they are store chicks so probably were only raised 7 weeks before processing. So I doubt it's a big deal.

 

[Hinotori]

They are omnivores. If they can catch it, they will eat it. Mine eat a lot of shrews here. Just one big swallow for the large fowl hens

 

[rosemarythyme]

Chickens are omnivores (as are quite a lot of other animals) but a "vegetarian diet" is pretty much the new standard for factory farmed meat and eggs. I don't know if it's cheaper or people think it's healthier or some combination of the two.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Chickens are omnivores (as are quite a lot of other animals) but a "vegetarian diet" is pretty much the new standard for factory farmed meat and eggs. I don't know if it's cheaper or people think it's healthier or some combination of the two.

Both.... it is cheaper so they've convinced consumers it's healthier.....mad cow didn't help as that gave the push to take animal protein out of feeds

 

[Beer can]

Yes chickens are omnivorous, anyone that actually has them (chickens) knows this. Marketing ploy for those who don't want to know chickens also like meat Some egg companies also use this, 'strict vegetarian diet' makes a certain group of our public 'feel better' about eating egg protein. Those chickens get their protein through plant products, not very realistic and actually unnatural but to each his own.
I prefer to eat our own eggs and chicken that eat everything

 

[Akrnaf2]

Whole Foods Market has a commercial on the radio advertising for chicken breast from chickens on a strict vegetarian diet. Thoughts? Chickens are carnivorous right?
When I heard it on the radio at work it stood out and struck me as odd.

Chicken are omnivorous. So they need both sources of food. Exactly like Humans.

 

[cppeace]

All you have to do is see a chick spot a fly and chase it to know they will eat anything they can catch that won't eat them.
Yep Omnivores. It's sad how we try and change creatures natural diet.