So in fact, they were able to follow the normal instincts of ground dwelling birds and act like chickens. Varied, mostly natural diet from bugs, worms and grain in the large stock manure to suppliment the mostly whole grain chicken feed. Good tasting eggs, decent income for grand-dad and good nutrition for those who ate them. It bore no resemblence to todays egg factories and it would have given no basis for the PETA imbeciles to raise a stink.
I will stop at this point, I could write all day about the ills of our food system. Yes, we have plenty of cheap food, not much taste, not the best nutrition, and millions of obese people who eat sugar and fat because the normal food doesn’t satisfy. Poor nutrition also affects mental function, which helps keep the masses a little too dumb to figure it all out.
I grew up on a farm, still live there and have an MS in Agricultural Engineering, so I’m not a typical hippie freak. I am simply convinced that the USDA backed “get big or get out” policy starting in the 1950’s did amazing damage to our society as a whole.
BTW, the only eggs that taste right are BROWN EGGS. The reason is and always has been that they have a higher level of Omega 3, and some of us can taste that.
Omega 3 is good for you.
I had banty hens (and a flying fighting rooster) and we had small brown eggs every day. Then we got the ducks ~ nothing like 'em. One egg, a bushel of potatoes, a couple of pickles and you have a potato salad and a half!