Posted by 36 coupe on August 02, 2013 at 16:36:11 from (66.231.194.185):
In Reply to: free range posted by John Fulton on August 02, 2013 at 13:54:18:
I think the best hens I ever saw were raised on open range.I worked at it for 3 years.Lots of labor involved,that probably made it drop out of favor.It was my job to open the shelters in the morning and close them at dusk.I filled the feeders and cleaned water pans.Hens eat a lot of grass on free range.My dad said the poultry diseases were not much of a problem when he was a boy.Trouble starts when you confine thousands of birds.95% of eggs are produces by caged layers.I refuse to eat eggs produced this way.I keep a few hens to avoid eggs from cage birds.If you think big is better lock a the recent recall on ground beef.50,000 pounds.Salad greens with fecal matter in the bags.My wife says it looks like the hippies and yuppies are right about food production.
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