vs eggs full of anti-biotics and hormones? It's a tough choice.
Heckle-cation the other months of the year.
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vs eggs full of anti-biotics and hormones? It's a tough choice.
The Heckler
You bring new meaning to the term SUCK
Learning a lot about chickens and Luke!
Sorry for the lack of update, I'm out of data.
AS IT WENT:
Rolled up to the turnaround in Chester around 9:45. The Marty's tent was up with dual propane heaters and a huge pot of chicken noodle soup on. Conditions at the turnaround were cold and icey. A light flurry became a steady snot for the first 10 riders before it finally disapated and teh sun broke through. The final stretch of field between the woods and the parking lot made me believe the entire race must have been miserable. Everyone coming through was foot down every 20 feet as they tried to navigate narrow rut through the icy snow pack.
First one in was Cody with a 3 minute split for Jesse and another 3 minute split for a fellow named John.
I stayed until around 11:30. In that time we had a couple people drop out and on guy come in with a separated shoulder.
I don't know the finishing order but I will try and get some photos up tonight or tomorrow.
Sorry for the lack of update, I'm out of data.
AS IT WENT:
Rolled up to the turnaround in Chester around 9:45. The Marty's tent was up with dual propane heaters and a huge pot of chicken noodle soup on. Conditions at the turnaround were cold and icey. A light flurry became a steady snot for the first 10 riders before it finally disapated and teh sun broke through. The final stretch of field between the woods and the parking lot made me believe the entire race must have been miserable. Everyone coming through was foot down every 20 feet as they tried to navigate narrow rut through the icy snow pack.
First one in was Cody with a 3 minute split for Jesse and another 3 minute split for a fellow named John.
I stayed until around 11:30. In that time we had a couple people drop out and on guy come in with a separated shoulder.
I don't know the finishing order but I will try and get some photos up tonight or tomorrow.
The Kalmyk
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gtluke
The Moped
They don't though!
There's no need for it.
Chickens and cows are totally different. A baby chick is worth about a dollar, and costs about $2 worth of food to bring to full size. If you need more chicken meat, grow a 2nd chicken. Besides meat chickens are too large for their skeleton anyway, they really can't be grown any bigger or faster.
Cows on the other hand are worth/cost 100 times this. You protect that cow with your life, cause it could be your livelyhood. If you lose a cow it's a big deal. If you can get that cow to grow larger/faster it's worth a lot more because it'll cost a lot less to get to market size.
They probably use hormones to get the cows to milk too. Your wife doesn't milk just because you ask her to, you have to have the right body chemistry to do it, the hormones from pregnancy?! Estrogen.
You can induce hormones created by the body, or you can just put them there. What's the difference?
These aren't natural creatures, stop applying natural "rules" to them. they can't survive without us, we have done this all to them.
You want natural meat? Go hit a deer with your car and cut it up. Cows, chickens, pigs, we created those, you can't apply "natural" anything to them, they aren't natural to begin with.
There's no need for it.
Chickens and cows are totally different. A baby chick is worth about a dollar, and costs about $2 worth of food to bring to full size. If you need more chicken meat, grow a 2nd chicken. Besides meat chickens are too large for their skeleton anyway, they really can't be grown any bigger or faster.
Cows on the other hand are worth/cost 100 times this. You protect that cow with your life, cause it could be your livelyhood. If you lose a cow it's a big deal. If you can get that cow to grow larger/faster it's worth a lot more because it'll cost a lot less to get to market size.
They probably use hormones to get the cows to milk too. Your wife doesn't milk just because you ask her to, you have to have the right body chemistry to do it, the hormones from pregnancy?! Estrogen.
You can induce hormones created by the body, or you can just put them there. What's the difference?
These aren't natural creatures, stop applying natural "rules" to them. they can't survive without us, we have done this all to them.
You want natural meat? Go hit a deer with your car and cut it up. Cows, chickens, pigs, we created those, you can't apply "natural" anything to them, they aren't natural to begin with.
The Kalmyk
Well-Known Member
I just wanted to evoke a more elaborate explanation.
My best friend would argue this point with you but not me. As a food scientist with Wynstar, back in the day he got a chicken from a friend that worked at some second rate farm in North Carolina or some shit. He kept it in a cage in his back yard as an experiment and the thing ballooned to 40lbs (not exact). Eventually the legs broke from trying to walk and carry the weight. Anyway, who really knows the truth of all this. White eggs taste no different than organic brown eggs imo. Carry on.
My best friend would argue this point with you but not me. As a food scientist with Wynstar, back in the day he got a chicken from a friend that worked at some second rate farm in North Carolina or some shit. He kept it in a cage in his back yard as an experiment and the thing ballooned to 40lbs (not exact). Eventually the legs broke from trying to walk and carry the weight. Anyway, who really knows the truth of all this. White eggs taste no different than organic brown eggs imo. Carry on.
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gtluke
The Moped
Yeah you can't let meat chickens grow past 18 months, they aren't supposed to live that long and they get REALLY f'd up if you do. There are a ton of nightmare stories of people who "rescue" these chickens and the disaster that follows as they try to get it to live out it's life.
Pearl
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
please explain in further detail
rick81721
Lothar
Reminds me of the ALF geniuses that attempted to "save" 10,000 + pheasant and quail from Griggstown farm by releasing them into the wild where they were slaughtered by cars and predators
gtluke
The Moped
we've created these meat chickens to grow so fast and so large and to be harvested at 18 weeks. shit I said months before. It's 18 weeks for a slow chicken. 10 weeks for a fast chicken.
After that they continue to grow, the meat gets shittier and eventually the weight of the chicken gets so heavy that it can't walk, and then it's legs break from the load, and it dies a terrible death.
meat chickens are totally different than egg chickens. egg chickens are good for about 2 years and then their egg laying falls off.
After that they continue to grow, the meat gets shittier and eventually the weight of the chicken gets so heavy that it can't walk, and then it's legs break from the load, and it dies a terrible death.
meat chickens are totally different than egg chickens. egg chickens are good for about 2 years and then their egg laying falls off.