Let’s not debate the existence of chicken emotion; let’s just assume these chickens are,
for all intents and purposes, happy chickens. Healthy chickens.
They are also lucky chickens.
In contrast to these happy lucky chickens:
Most Americans get their eggs and chicken tenders from chickens
living in a completely different manner and environment:
No sunlight. No grass. Definitely no watermelon and tasty earthworms.
Isn’t it a bit bizarre that these chickens are basically farm livestock but
they have no idea what sunlight and grass are?
Which kind of chicken or egg would you rather eat?
And, chicken confinements in Iowa are getting hit by a virus that thrives in cool, moist conditions, wiping out whole barns. They’re not so happy or lucky and their owners have a huge mess on their hands. Add that to the price of our eggs. Free range doesn’t look so bad…
I’ve been enjoying your posts about your small herd. Keep it up!
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yes, agreed and thank you. 40,000,000 chickens down last I saw, and uncertain when owners will be able to restock. It is really awful, for all involved.
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Daphne, what beautiful birds. Have you checked out John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” show of a week ago where he talks about the poverty of chicken farmers who work for this large companies. The issue is they dare not complain and cannot complain or they will be run out of business. All the best, BTG
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Thank you, and thanks for the tip, I haven’t seen, sounds interesting and will check it out. Happy Friday!
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Mr. Oliver’s program on chicken was excellent, thank you for the tip.
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Daphne, no words are necessary. Your photos clearly tell the story of industrial versus free-range chickens. Your barred rocks and Javas look wonderful.
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Thank you!
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Reblogged this on Off The Beaten Path and commented:
We’ve been eating whole lot of organic food lately. Check out the chicken “factory” picture here and you may think about how food gets to the table. Thanks, Daphnecybele/at Bean and Bantam blog. Fine looking chickens, by the way. rdh
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Beautiful birds and a sad back-story. Just re-bloged to my site. Thanks, as always.
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Thank you for the share!
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Haha, I was just thinking the same thing today as my Hen’s pulverized a couple of watermelon and cantaloupe rinds. They’re lucky, I’m lucky.
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I take great delight in how they eat, not only fruit but even eat and muck around in a wheelbarrow dump load of weeds, root balls and all. Great composters!
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