We found a local lady that raises meat chickens on organic grain in a free range space. So we went to the farm to put it our order. She had the biggest chickens I've ever seen in my life! So big that a week before slaughter, they can't stand up for too long at a time or they fall over. After processing, we got a 30 pounder to cook up like a Thanksgiving turkey. Got some smaller ones too but they were all enormous birds!
Wow! Unreal! I love the last photo too Michael!
Just like some of the Tom turkey necks I get sometimes, in that they are so huge, it is hard to imagine, right?
Geez, a 16 pound chicken back.....unreal.
that is a HUGE chicken back, but, joyce, i'm thinking it's 16.4 OZ., not LB.
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We found a local lady that raises meat chickens on organic grain in a free range space. She had the biggest chickens I've ever seen in my life! So big that a week before slaughter, they can't stand up for too long at a time or they fall over.
I don't know anything more about the situation than what's written here, but I find this statement quite disturbing - especially as it pertains to someone who it sounds like is selling otherwise "ethically" raised meat (organic feed, free range)... a bird that grows so heavy that it can't support itself comfortably on it's own legs, even if only for it's last days, IMHO is not being raised humanely. I would sadly expect this method from a super sized factory farm, but it strikes me as odd from a small scale, organic operation... certainly no judgement of you, Jessica, it just stood out to me.
Natalya, it is the breed of the chicken. And its actually very sad, but its a product of breeding for bigger, meatier chickens. These chickens NEED to be slaughtered on time because they just can't continue to live beyond the slaughter age due to their size. The same is true for most turkeys that are raised in the meat industry. Whatever the situation, whether it be in a humane or factory farm, the result is the same.
It was very disturbing to me at first. I guess I got used to it living out in the country where I see a lot of sad farming reality.
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Natalya, it is the breed of the chicken. And its actually very sad, but its a product of breeding for bigger, meatier chickens. The same is true for most turkeys that are raised in the meat industry.
It was very disturbing to me at first. I guess I got used to it living out in the country where I see a lot of sad farming reality.
Yeah, I know it's not uncommon for awkwardly unnatural livestock breeds to become the norm in a system that relies so heavily on sheer quantity of product... that's the world we live in today. I guess the agrarian state I grew up in (VT) just catered to a smaller market - the various meat birds on all my friend's farms lived quite comfortably at only a reasonably large size till the day they were slaughtered... whatever the case - I certainly respect those that are allowing their animals a free ranging life style and quality feed over those with absolute disregard for their bird's comfort and well being.
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