Free range chicken

[CosmicCowboy]

Why is it such a big deal to some people?

[TeyshaBlue]

more fun to hunt.

[clambake]

duh, cuz its free!

[Wild Cobra]

Even though it's not actually "free range" the birds get to move more, in fact they have to move around. I believe they are healthier, and it's more appealing to eat a healthy animal.

[CosmicCowboy]

Why would they be healthier than a factory farm prisoner chicken?

[boutons_deux]

Why would they be healthier than a factory farm prisoner chicken?

... this question proves richies can be REALLY STUPID

[Wild Cobra]

Why would they be healthier than a factory farm prisoner chicken?
How healthy would you be if you could only sit in one spot all your life?

[DarrinS]

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[DisAsTerBot]

well there's no time standard for "free range". they could be out for 10 seconds and be considered free range. Same with "cage free" they just put as many chickens as inhumanly possible inside a giant barn (which essentially becomes their cage)

now I assume most people don't know these technicalities and thus feel they are buying chicken that was treated more humanely. Not necessarily true.

But if you know ANYTHING about standard "factory farm" chicken then you already know the answer to your question.

[Wild Cobra]

No, cage free has larger than minimum required space. Technically, still a cage and they don't have outdoor access, they have adequate room to move around to go between food and nest.

We have such farms here on Oregon and Washington. I pay the extra money for cage free eggs, and they are real good.

[cantthinkofanything]

No, cage free has larger than minimum required space. Technically, still a cage and they don't have outdoor access, they have adequate room to move around to go between food and nest.

We have such farms here on Oregon and Washington. I pay the extra money for cage free eggs, and they are real good.

really we're all just in cages

[Winehole23]

I see a popular feeling favoring brown eggs for some reason. I like good eggs, but I have no illusions about the approximation of humane conditions attempted by a highly consolidated industry.

[Wild Cobra]

I normally buy the Wilcox Farm variety of eggs. I have looked up information on this stuff before. Here is something from their web site:

link: Cage Free Aviary System (http://www.wilcoxfarms.com/about-wilcox/sustainable-farming/organic-cage-free-chickens/aviary-system/)

[DisAsTerBot]

Most cage-free hens live in very large flocks that can consist of many thousands of hens who never go outside
-humane society

i agree it's slightly better than battery hens. Slightly

http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/confinement_farm/facts/cage-free_vs_battery-cage.html

[DisAsTerBot]

I see a popular feeling favoring brown eggs for some reason. I like good eggs, but I have no illusions about the approximation of humane conditions attempted by a highly consolidated industry.

most breeds of chickens lay brown eggs

[CosmicCowboy]

... this question proves richies can be REALLY STUPID

Why is it a stupid question?

[Winehole23]

most breeds of chickens lay brown eggscool. I did not know that.

[LnGrrrR]

CC, it's on the same scale of the "Do you eat veal?" debates. (I'm guessing you do?)

[CosmicCowboy]

CC, it's on the same scale of the "Do you eat veal?" debates. (I'm guessing you do?)

Which would you rather die for your dinner?

A happy, go lucky, not a care in the world free range chicken?

Or a depressed and possibly suicidal tortured factory prison chicken? Hell, the factory prison chicken probably welcomes death.

[LnGrrrR]

Which would you rather die for your dinner?

A happy, go lucky, not a care in the world free range chicken?

Or a depressed and possibly suicidal tortured factory prison chicken? Hell, the factory prison chicken probably welcomes death.

I believe the point of funding free-range chicken is to ultimately decrease the amount of caged chicken.

[DisAsTerBot]

Which would you rather die for your dinner?

A happy, go lucky, not a care in the world free range chicken?

Or a depressed and possibly suicidal tortured factory prison chicken? Hell, the factory prison chicken probably welcomes death.

so basically be inhumane to an animal so that way you can feel humane when you put it down?

[CosmicCowboy]

:lmao

you guys have no sense of humor.

[CosmicCowboy]

Plus you fuckers kill happy chickens. Assholes.

[DisAsTerBot]

Whenever I kill chickens, I start with the asshole roosters. tbh.

[DarrinS]

CC, it's on the same scale of the "Do you eat veal?" debates. (I'm guessing you do?)

Veal is delicious.

[cantthinkofanything]

Whenever I kill chickens, I start with the asshole roosters. tbh.

they're just a bunch of cocks

[CuckingFunt]

CC, it's on the same scale of the "Do you eat veal?" debates. (I'm guessing you do?)

I eat veal.

But I also look for organic and cage free and grass fed and happy everything else.

I'm complex like that.

[LnGrrrR]

I eat veal.

But I also look for organic and cage free and grass fed and happy everything else.

I'm complex like that.

You like the taste of veal too much to give it up?

[CuckingFunt]

You like the taste of veal too much to give it up?

That, sure. And also I understand that in order for veal to be veal it has to be baby cows and there isn't any way that makes the slaughter of baby cows a happy or uplifting event. With chickens and adult cows and all the rest, I just don't see there being any benefit to making live a much longer life under such horrible conditions.

Also, while it can be hard to find, there is tether-free veal available.

[TDMVPDPOY]

i guess it depends on what ur feeding them....

[CosmicCowboy]

CC, it's on the same scale of the "Do you eat veal?" debates. (I'm guessing you do?)

Actually I don't.

However I can make faux veal with my redneck sous vide setup.

[DarrinS]

Before my animal protein is slaughtered for consumption, I make sure it frolicked, sang kumbaya, and watched Oprah reruns. I'm complex like that.

[CosmicCowboy]

CC, it's on the same scale of the "Do you eat veal?" debates. (I'm guessing you do?)

Actually I don't.

However I can make faux veal with my redneck sous vide setup.

[cantthinkofanything]

Before my animal protein is slaughtered for consumption, I make sure it frolicked, sang kumbaya, and watched Oprah reruns. I'm complex like that.

Do you frolick the animal in the butt? Or is is genital frolicking?

[Latarian Milton]

if i were not a celibate i'd prefer to hunt chicks who have tits and butts, rather than waste my $ and time hunting animals for food tbh

[InRareForm]

I will see you guys at Whole Foods tommorow after I get off work... but I first got to get a cup of organic coffee at the Farmers Market.

[Wild Cobra]

CC

I'm curious what this thread is about. Do you really have a curiosity about this topic? Are you considering raising chickens and/or eggs for profit? If so, those of us who will pay extra are limited, but I'll bet it's a profitable venture if the market isn't already balanced on the supply and demand. I pay extra for what I believe to be quality food.

[CosmicCowboy]

CC

I'm curious what this thread is about. Do you really have a curiosity about this topic? Are you considering raising chickens and/or eggs for profit? If so, those of us who will pay extra are limited, but I'll bet it's a profitable venture if the market isn't already balanced on the supply and demand. I pay extra for what I believe to be quality food.

Naaa...I was just trolling to see who liked killing happy chickens. True free range chickens wouldn't last a week at my place with the coyotes and bobcats and hawks.

[Sportcamper]

This thread is like Deju Vu all over again....

[Wild Cobra]

Naaa...I was just trolling to see who liked killing happy chickens. True free range chickens wouldn't last a week at my place with the coyotes and bobcats and hawks.
Bobcats are cool cats. Aren't they!

[CosmicCowboy]

There is a female on my place that raises two kittens a year and a big old male that wanders through occasionally.

[Wild Cobra]

There is a female on my place that raises two kittens a year and a big old male that wanders through occasionally.
I like domesticated cats to begin with, those animals are majestic. Aren't they.

[CosmicCowboy]

I had a really cool black tomcat that lived there and she ate him.

[Wild Cobra]

I had a really cool black tomcat that lived there and she ate him.
No better food around?

Wow.

My biggest concern living in a forested city area in the raccoon I see at times. They get vicious too. Already killed a cat and mauled two others that I know of. I keep telling others not to leave cat food out at night. It keeps them around.

[CosmicCowboy]

Cats are apparently pretty tasty. Coyotes and Bobcats love em.

[Wild Cobra]

Cats are apparently pretty tasty. Coyotes and Bobcats love em.
LOL...

So does Alf.

[Blake]

No better food around?

Wow.

My biggest concern living in a forested city area in the raccoon I see at times. They get vicious too. Already killed a cat and mauled two others that I know of. I keep telling others not to leave cat food out at night. It keeps them around.

Raccoons, deer and skunks are a nuisance here in San Antonio in plenty of areas of town.

[TeyshaBlue]

Raccoons, deer and skunks are a nuisance here in San Antonio in plenty of areas of town.

Vittles!