Posted on 04/19/2025 10:16:23 PM PDT by Red Badger
Duck meat is generally considered to have a richer, more flavorful profile compared to chicken. It is higher in fat, which contributes to its dense and hearty texture. Duck meat is also higher in vitamins, particularly iron and copper, and has a slightly lower cholesterol and sodium content compared to chicken.
could very well still be used for Sea Food Bait!!
At least they would be used then thrown into the dump.
Because they are a layer breed, and breeds meant for the table are a better choice to raise to maturity.
Several reasons.
Roosters will fight each other making a bloody mess.
Roosters hog all the food.
Free range roosters make tough meat.
Roosters crow all day and a good part of the night. You don’t want a chorus.
Roosters will attack YOU....................
Maybe she is attempting to hatch her egg-shaped head???
They still do all this when castrated? I’ve had capon many times when I was young, my mother would stuff them with different stuffings, roast them and they were quite good. Don’t see it around anymore, maybe too much trouble like you say, but someone was doing it. Too bad, seems like a waste to me.
Those like this Author would have a complete meltdown if they looked into the Dairy industry...
Sacrifice is just a fact of reality when it comes to survival of the fittest. Some feelings are going to be hurt, no way around it.
Went to a slaughterhouse as a kid. It was gruesome and fascinating at the same time................
Duck is among my favorite meats. Just delicious. My mother would make roast duck every now and then, and my wife loved it too. When we were newlyweds, my wife got a recipe from my mother for duck with an orange sauce, and made two roast ducks. I ate one, and half of the second one along with other dishes she made. She mostly just stared at me, amazed to see a human eat so much. The half that was left was more than enough for her.
Ducks do carry mites. Lake swimmers get the mites from ducks landing on the lake.
Yeah. I realized that after posting. I meant to list only fleas and ticks.
I lullaby my old hens with stories of a nice hot bath with noodles when they get too old to lay eggs.
I smell hypocrisy. Does this do-gooder support dismembering a live human being in his or hers mother’s womb?
The Chicken Of Tomorrow comes to mind.
https://youtu.be/1G0stojwYjI?si=ff7gI0mSsg3v7AUT
So much for the future..........
That’s nice. Do they get relaxed before you bring down the axe?
As Ranchers slaughtering was just part of life. We used to go and get these male Calves from the dairies for free and wet nurse/range feed them for a year and then turn them into some of the best most tender Jerky available. Better than them just being destroyed right away as the industry standard.
But if you did this on a market sized scale the Beef industry would lobby to have laws passed against it...
***allowing the producers to get rid of the male eggs and hatch only the females.***
Say what? When I worked in a chicken hatchery, male chicks were desired by people who raise chickens for meat. Females were wanted for laying hens.
Interesting. I started raising chickens several years ago after watching a show about WWII rationing and seeing how much better off families would be with their own chickens and gardens.
This year’s batch of chicks will be from a dual purpose breed so we plan to raise the pullets and feed out the roo’s. We have a smaller family now so might get by with smaller meat birds.
Hopefully I can pick out a good roo to accompany the girls and maybe raise our own
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