Free range chicken

**headhunter** · 21-06-2019, 06:56 AM

i found that whole chickens at home fresh [betagro] are a whole dam better and have big breasts around 250-300bht.each.

**Dillinger** · 23-06-2019, 03:18 PM

Any pics of these free range chooks coming?

Here's a pre-cooked 145 baht Five Star herbed chicken

**Norton** · 23-06-2019, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Here's a pre-cooked 145 baht Five Star herbed chicken

Looks good enough to eat Dilly.

**NamPikToot** · 23-06-2019, 03:40 PM

I'd smash it in a oner, Nev however likes his a magnolia shade.

**Takeovers** · 23-06-2019, 04:06 PM

Somewhat chicken related. I recently learned from a documentary that the vast amount of eggs sold worldwide, like ~80% come from only 3 breeders. One of them in Germany, I think all three in Europe.

It works this way: The breeders send chicks out to the customers by plane, bred to the local needs of egg producers. These chicks are raised and lay over 100 eggs that are hatched. Over 100 hens then lay over 10,000 eggs from 1 chick sold from these breeders. The next generation then is ordered again from that breeder company. That way max efficiency is maintained in feed consumption over output. It deteriorates quickly if one local producer continues to breed his own next generation.

Different demands from different regions. In Germany those hens are used only for animal feed so they are optimized to be small. In South Africa they are sold for soup so they are bigger. Something else these breeders achieve is behaviour. Nesting instincts were completely lost because it was not needed when hens were held in egg laying cages. For free roaming chicken this did not work and in few generations the nesting instinct was bred back into the hens so the eggs can be collected easily.

Agricultural industry at its best, or is it at its worst?

**OhOh** · 23-06-2019, 04:14 PM

Would the Ministry of Foreign Affairs department, "Tricks to Play On Roundeyes and Become a Millionaire" (TPORBM), be the Thai Government office, where one can purchase a "Free Range Chicken Stamp and Red Ink Pad" from?

Is the red ink similar to the bottled red sugary syrup, Thais use to colour fizzy drinks?

**NamPikToot** · 23-06-2019, 04:19 PM

TO's it sometimes doesn't bear to examine the food industry to closely - the drive to monoculture is a scary thing and with genetics and modification playing an increasing role there could be real trouble ahead; nature always finds a way to keep things in balance and that could have catastrophic consequences.

**HuangLao** · 23-06-2019, 04:20 PM

One can never go wrong with natural and "native".

Resist the conditioned dominate paradigm.

**Takeovers** · 23-06-2019, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

TO's it sometimes doesn't bear to examine the food industry to closely - the drive to monoculture is a scary thing and with genetics and modification playing an increasing role there could be real trouble ahead; nature always finds a way to keep things in balance and that could have catastrophic consequences.

At least one thing these breeders do is maintain a very large genetic base. It is what enabled them to breed nesting instinct back quickly when it was needed again. A lot would be lost when one of those breeders would go down.

**baldrick** · 23-06-2019, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Any pics of these free range chooks coming?

I didn't take any photos - but they were no where near as white as the ones in the supermarket

they were deboned and most of it put in the freezer - I will take some pics of the raw chook next time

the bones were saved for thai potions

**Norton** · 23-06-2019, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Takeovers

Agricultural industry at its best, or is it at its worst?

An industry geared to feed the demand.

Year I was born about 2.5 billion people worldwide, now about 7.5 billion with estimated 9.7 billion in 2050.

We need a good global catastrophe rather than more dodgy food production methods.

**HuangLao** · 23-06-2019, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Norton

An industry geared to feed the demand.

Year I was born about 2.5 billion people worldwide, now about 7.5 billion with estimated 9.7 billion in 2050.

We need a good global catastrophe rather than more dodgy food production methods.

Indeed.
Not to worry, nature's extermination period is looming.

Can only be beneficial.

**Chico** · 23-06-2019, 05:22 PM

The demand for female chickens is alarming, approximately 7 billion male chicks are culled each year,solely because of a slower growth.

Method of cull,Grinding.

**Headworx** · 23-06-2019, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Indeed.
Not to worry, nature's extermination period is looming.

Can only be beneficial.

Many are predicting it will start in America, so be careful over there Jeff.

**HuangLao** · 23-06-2019, 07:40 PM

Anyway....
I prefer pork.

**Headworx** · 23-06-2019, 07:41 PM

^Americans do that very well but Thai pork is quite good too. Just for your future reference...

**OhOh** · 24-06-2019, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Headworx

Americans do that very well

The largest producer is a Chinese owned and run company.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/wh...-pork-producer

**Mendip** · 24-06-2019, 09:51 AM

We keep a small flock of the red egg-laying hens for eggs. As Takeovers mentioned, they have lost the urge to go broody - it has been bred out of them as going broody is not conducive to egg production. A jungle fowl cockerel runs with the hens so all our eggs are fertile and occasionally I'll put some eggs under a broody jungle fowl female. The first generation from these eggs (Jungle fowl father - red egg-layer mother) have all the instincts of the wild hens and go broody and make good mothers. It all seems to come back in one generation.

I did start a keeping chickens thread some time ago, maybe I should carry on with it.

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