• @Mighty@lemmy.world
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    92 years ago

    this chicken is probably less than 2 years old. chickens could live for 10years if they’d be left alone.

    • I don’t think chickens raised for meat live anywhere near 2 years. Yeah, a quick google shows around a 2 month harvest time for chickens raised for meat. That’s a big part of why chickens are such amazing creatures and make such an affordable protein source, they can be sustainably* harvested year round. (Sustainably as in without decreasing the size of your flock.)

      Laying hens are productive for two to three years. They rarely make it into the human food supply though, after that long the texture and flavor of the meat changes and American consumers don’t prefer it. You can probably get them through a local butcher shop, though they might have to order it for you.

      In a small and well managed flock, chickens can live 6 to 8 years. In the wild, I don’t think modern chickens would exist at all. Ask anyone who’s kept chickens, keeping the hawks and foxes and raccoons etc. out of them is a constant and eternal struggle.

      • MeanEYE
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        32 years ago

        Ideal period is 7 weeks. Anything below that is not meaty enough, anything above is too old and stringy meat.

      • @CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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        72 years ago

        Ask anyone who’s kept chickens, keeping the hawks and foxes and raccoons etc. out of them is a constant and eternal struggle.

        Two things I have learned as a chicken weirdo:

        1.) Get dark colored chickens

        2.) Get a big mean rooster.

        I haven’t lost a chicken so far, but I have seen my bigass stupidly brave rooster take on all comers, he has defeated squirrels, snakes, frogs, mice, and a gopher that was apparently pretty bad at making connections. I’ve watched him chase off a cat and a pretty good sized dog. Foghorn Leghorn is more accurate than I realized.

        But more than his incredible dinosaur kung-fu is that he is smart, and communicates with his hens. He will tell them to shelter in the coop, and they will run and hide. A hawk isn’t going to want to deal with 15 pounds of land-bird standing in a small doorway.

        For the color, a black or gray chicken will be harder to see against the ground than a white one. Also, I think they look cooler than plain white chickens.

      • @boomzilla@programming.dev
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        Laying hens also are productive way beyond their ancestors with 10-20 eggs, which takes a big toll on their bones. According to a study from the university of Kassel an estimated 23-69% per flock come to the slaughtering line with broken keelbones, wings and legs from egg calcium depletion, rough handling and crammed cages.

        Egg factory farming is an all around brutal and despicable industry. Look up what forced molting and maceration means and get your own chickens if you’re able or eat scrambled tofu.

        • @Emerald@lemmy.world
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          22 years ago

          The chickens you would be able to get would be the same chickens used in farming, with all the health issues you mentioned.

          And yes tofu scramble is amazing

      • @Stubb@lemmy.sdf.org
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        without decreasing the size of your flock.

        Read that as “without decreasing the size of your cock”

    • @JustMy2c@lemm.ee
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      No. It is much, much, much worse.

      I quote :

      Broilers chickens are specially bred for fast growth and slaughtered when they weigh approximately four pounds, usually between seven and nine weeks of age. Birds between 12 and 20 weeks of age, typically weighing between five and ten pounds, are called roasters

  • TWeaK
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    2 years ago

    Now that I’ve experienced 4202 x gravity, I must train in 4202 x gravity!

  • @Raxiel@lemmy.world
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    262 years ago

    I guess that’s also why people started having turkey for big family gatherings even through chicken tastes better.

    Now a chicken is perfectly adequate for a family of four, or even six depending on the trimmings.

      • @Carlo@lemmy.ca
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        62 years ago

        Ok, but for real, though? Actually, that’s a good idea. Factory chicken farms are already grotesque, but if we bring in Cronenberg and the ghost of H.R. Giger to design these monstrosities, it’ll put people off eating it entirely.

        Not a veggo for the record; I just feel like I probably should be.

          • @LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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            22 years ago

            That’s a lot of legs. Would it move like a spider, a crab, or a centipede? Or perhaps an octopus?

            I want to prompt an ai with this, but I’m afraid of o what I might see.

  • The Barto
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    72 years ago

    So is that username pronounced “Ho Mobile” as in a car for hoes or “Homo Bile” as in stomach acid from gay people?

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      That’s good. The fucking broilers these days eat eachother because they need the energy. And it’s not from hormones like that guy below says. It’s from selective breeding. But they do grow fucking fast and it’s not the ones we eat that we need to worry about primarily, it’s their mothers that we need to keep alive through that bullshit. Using smaller, slower growing chickens is more responsible.

      • @Enk1@lemmy.world
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        82 years ago

        Heritage breeds are the way to go if you can find them. Taste better and typically more humanely raised.

        • qyron
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          Heritage breeds are not that hard to find, at least in my country.

          We even have a heritage book and recognized breeders get special perks.

      • @over_clox@lemmy.world
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        42 years ago

        I’ll be honest, I’ve never heard of a drumlet before I posted this thread.

        But our KFC order was literally a 12 piece legs and thighs. So why we get this jank shit?

        • @LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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          12 years ago

          They look exactly like drumsticks, only smaller.

          The chickens aren’t separated in the store; all the butchering and separating happens in the factory. The store gets boxes of legs, boxes of breasts, boxes of thighs, etc.

          It seems plausible someone was very new and mistook the drumlet bin for the drumstick bin. I’d bet your order wasn’t the only mistake before someone noticed and corrected them.

          It may be worth contacting the shop with your photo, because it will be obvious to them that is a drumlet. May be worth a free meal.

            • @LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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              Okay, that’s weird. I get KFC on occasion and haven’t noticed any appreciable change in the drumstick size. The one in your photo is tiny and appears to be the same shape and size as a standard drumlet.

              Is this at a certain location, or more than one?