Poultry Farming Advancements - America's Heartland

[denmarcbros]

Love these broiler farms. We have a company here in Canada that clean these types of farms. See video response!

[cowpoke1000]

BTW, their beaks are not clipped!

[cowpoke1000]

These birds look pretty good, nice bright red combs, moving easily with no deformation of extremities..... not a bad operation! There is much, much worse out there!

[jaytee3baxter]

Those chickens are way over-crowded and are, obviously, not getting a lot of sunlight. They're probably eating mainly corn and soy, affecting their fatty acid balance. Could be worse, but could be a helluva lot better.

[EggPlantPocky03]

I watched "From Farm to Fridge" before this... *shudder*

[TheBuffaloChicken]

No matter what, they are very pretty birds!

[xpsyclonex2002]

you know, raising your own chickens just isn't that hard. I don't know why more people don't do it.

[ModernTechnologyUSA]

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[sonsprinter]

The music and production makes slaughtering 25 million lives a day fun :)

[bagoodtube]

grow hemp

[LifelinegamingFilms]

booties...okk.

[cattnipp]

chickens

[lazyfreedom98]

UK alone consumes over million eggs every hour.

Some hens can produce over 300 eggs a year.

 China (3,860,000,000) United States (1,970,000,000) Indonesia (1,200,000,000) Brazil (1,100,000,000) Mexico (540,000,000) India (425,000,000) Russia (340,000,000) Japan (286,000,000) Iran (280,000,000) Turkey (250,000,000) Bangladesh (172,630,000) Nigeria (143,500,000)

[lazyfreedom98]

40 Billion Chickens in the world, one thousand consumed every second.

Thanks for the upload.

Keep America Number One.

GBA.

[oneeyedboxer]

The chickens look depressed

[InnovationCreation]

@oneeyedboxer what the indicators of a depressed chicken?

[oneeyedboxer]

@InnovationCreation ask the amish chickens

[beautifulday01]

disgusting farm, they talk about chickens like they are a piece of brick scums

[cabloomi1]

my chickens taste like chicken!!!

 is that normal

[jpc002]

overcrowding

[Alyxm]

CHICKENS

[moviesr4fun101]

just look up "animal abuse", chicken poultry farms come in 1#. FARM FRESH!

[porkwilliam]

Ah, poultry! You little thought!

[SanlianaCung]

more chicken, more heart disease...and global warming

[Alyxm]

@SanlianaCung O-o, you're an idiot

[SanlianaCung]

Meat eater have higher risk of heart disease than vegetarian... that's the fact.

And livestock is cause 18% global warming.

[Alyxm]

@SanlianaCung Vegetarians do not get enough protein, and if thats a fact, prove it. Global warming isn't proven by anyone, there is only word of mouth from people who claim that it is caused by man, however it is not. The planet is heating up because well.. it is, however winters are colder. But you keep living in your the world is doomed way of life, Ill keep farting, eating meat and dumping rubbish just to spite recycling loving vegetarians. And no one said anything about global warming.

[SanlianaCung]

@Alyxm You can not deny that meat eater have higher risk of heart disease than vegetarian... why you said i'm idiot? that's the fact dude

[Alyxm]

@SanlianaCung Because it is insulting to those who eat meat, eating everything in moderation is better for you than being completely vegetarian or completely carnivorous

[TurtleTheBlue]

@Alyxm non- vegetarians are more than twice as likley to delvelop type-2 diabetis than vegetarians.I used to be overweight, then I became vegetarian and lost 30 pounds, without trying, at all

[zuniga6412]

The chickens are stressed cause they don't have space to move around. They should have excess to the outdoors where they can roam and eat like it was intended.

[tj1000001]

People who care about animals suck

[beautifulday01]

@tj1000001

LOL people who dont care for animals are a brain dead scum

[kalzhirm]

There are so many lies in this video...

Read Eating animals, and watch Earthlings and Food Inc. instead.

[pattijor]

They see those baby chicks as $ signs, not animals.  Get your eggs from your local farm and make sure the chickens have grass, sunlight, and space to be a chicken.

[13UnderTheGun]

If you must eat chicken and eggs, Buy local, organic and small fam birds and eggs...

Not factory farm poison...

[molinobeer]

@13UnderTheGun

I can guarantee you there are no such thing as "factory farm poison". Food from big operations has to pass by so many hygiene/chemical testing before hitting the table that there is nothing safer. For instance most backyard/small/local farmers aren't even registered (no testing is done) which means they might have parasites in they flocks and you will be eating the meat anyway. I'm a small farmer and I do everything legal so my profit margin is near zero.

[13UnderTheGun]

Did that man REALLY say that salmonella comes from corn and it's in the fields??? Is he really trying to mis-inform people about where the bacteria REALLY comes from???

Salmonella comes from animal poop...

It doesn't come from corn. It doesn't come from plants... Vegetable matter doesn't poop..

Vegetable fields get contaminated when run-off water from factory farms contaminates the soil.

This video is pure propoganda put out there by big ag, and big brother.

Go screw yourself Cobb

[jake7445]

To paulfbest: yeah we also wish an F5 would come through and wipe out the houses so we can get out from under tyson's demands and the awful farm payments. This winter we will be losing money on the chickens we raise so how can we even make the payments at all....WE CAN'T but tyson does not care at all. They just keep making us upgrade and upgrade spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for nothing. Atleast a tornado would let us collect the insurance and tell tyson to stick it up their ass.

[thatguy30000]

The thumbnail looked like a doom map to me XD

[SuperAnimalDrummer]

Why don't you tell them how you grind up all of the male chicks alive in a giant grinder after they are hatched because the industry has no use for them? Or how you cut off the beaks of the birds for the ones that aren't mashed up, so they don't peck each other in the extremely confined conditions. This is standard industry practice. Nice propaganda video. People, wake up to the reality behind this veil they put over your eyes. learn the whole truth. Watch "From Farm to Fridge" or "Earthlings"

[letsride84]

@SuperAnimalDrummer I know. I am completely disgusted.

[wasabi622]

@SuperAnimalDrummer Male chicks aren't ground up alive. They're euthanized via cervical dislocation then donated to wildlife organizations that feed them to their animals. Also, many are kept for breeding and experimental purposes. Beaks are not cut off, for if they were, they wouldn't be able to eat, they're trimmed to minimize damage, chickens have a strict pecking order, and pecking amongst themselves is unavoidable. I'm a pre-vet student working on a poultry farm.

[SuperAnimalDrummer]

@wasabi622 that's a hoot. good one.

[TurtleTheBlue]

@wasabi622 A) Yes they are ground up, regulations "prevent" this, but it definetley happens behind the scenes. B) They dont cut all of the beack off, just the tip. C) You probraly work at one of the nicer "farms" D) sorry if I was rude, I'm sure these letters are a little annoying

[wasabi622]

@TurtleTheBlue Oh no, don't worry about it, I didn't find anything rude about it. :)

Though, why is it assumed that when a farm treats their chickens right, it's the exception, while the farms that don't are the majority? Isn't it more likely that it's the other way around? In the news we hear of Muslim terrorists and Catholic priests who molest children, yet we know that most Muslims are not terrorist, nor are the majority of priests pedophiles. Are farms any different?

[TurtleTheBlue]

@wasabi622 well that's a good point. There are few bad companies, but those companies usually are incredibly large. Before I was a vegetarian I would always eat tyson chicken wings. In fact, almost of the chicken I ate came from tyson. My school had tyson chicken and I used to love KFC (supplied from tyson). I might be an unusual exception, but it seems like there are a select few companies that do this, but they are done on a very large scale.

[ivanlagrossemoule]

@wasabi622 He's just an idiot who saw a propaganda video. Those people think it's like that everywhere because they saw it on TV.

[explosivediarrhea100]

@SuperAnimalDrummer Killing all male chicks at birth makes absolutely no sense. Speaking of propaganda yourself and then mentioning those two movies is disgustingly ironic. Shut the fuck up you sheep to the vegan agenda. This and most other slaughter houses are completely humane.

[SuperAnimalDrummer]

@explosivediarrhea100 May your false beliefs serve you well. I'm done debating idiots like you. Not worth my time.

[explosivediarrhea100]

@SuperAnimalDrummer Because you know I'd come out with facts and truth and you'd cry about dead chickens.

[SuperAnimalDrummer]

@explosivediarrhea100 that must be it. if you had any facts that say that factory farming in 'humane' you'd have stated them by now instead of talking shit with nothing to back it up. somehow, you're information defies hours of footage taken inside factory farms, showing time and time again instances of extreme cruelty and depravation. People like you are either imperceptive, immoral, a shill for the agri-corporations, or a mix of all three. Peace. Please do no bother me.

[FPSMYLIFE]

@SuperAnimalDrummer Same here. I hate debating with retarded immoral nihilists... Where the hell is everyone getting such false information?

[ntaldee12]

sincerely this chicken need air from the earth ok they need to do better before somebody else does

[paulfbest]

Hey Inhumane chicken farms there in Arkansas, when a F5 completely annihiliate's your animal TORTURE facility,, you'll know my prayers to Jesus God's Messiah, were heard.

And we all say

AMEN

[bismaliho]

Do we share similarities with this breed of chicken we have forcefully created Obesity, accelerated growth and other expressions of weakness? I know this is a very hard fact to digest. I can say it with more certainty than before that it is true.

[LilJoysFarm]

You know if you are going to raise chickens for their meat at least give them some space to roam around and don't over crowd them. Put some in seperate rooms so they can live a happy healthy life before they are eaten. Don't get me wrong I do like to eat chicken but to raise them like this and kill them is just too harsh.

[hurro67]

I do prefer to buy free range meat, however that farm is definitely one of the better poultry farms.

[Ibbare1]

I am also interesting in poultry farming.

[Ibbare1]

Chickens are for eating,and they are not surpose to stay longer than necessary in the cage.

[pvaultinfish]

the guy reminds me of a chicken

[Talby263]

Why is everyone so mean to chickens, the don't want to spend their whole life in cages what's wrong with people??!!?

[ZackDonovan]

I don't know how many people here are watching this because of "Food Inc", but if you haven't watched it, you should to know the truth

[nnyy10]

THIS is not true, anyone who watched the movie 'food inc.' knows this

[S0XF0X]

Poor chickens. I love eating a chicken that was allowed to live like a chicken. You avoid all the problems that come with this commercialized, industrialized farming of animals. No need for antibiotics that will create super bacterium. Just happy, healthy chickens.

[TheJamesjames123]

Males for breeding as a chicken farm its between 1-50 to 1-100 are males for breeding the others are killed.

[andybehlen]

I raise a few chickens, and I can tell you folks that the birds you see in this video are sick. Look at how patchy-looking the feathers are on these birds. It is symptomatic of close-confinement. Buy chicken from a local farmer that raises free-range birds. Or better yet, raise your own. If you have a yard and are free to do so, raise some birds. They are a bunch of fun!

[netforce0]

i love how they all look so healthy lol....lets see the real farms where they don't see light their entire lives and the deformed ones

[rexdrew1987]

Why do all these hater always have to show up bashing these larger operations? They're state of the art! I'll eat their eggs and meat anyday over someone who raises chickens in their backyard. Bottom line: Large operations have very stringent government quaility standards where as hobby farmers do not

[prichunks]

@rexdrew1987 I watch videos like this sometimes to remind me why I have my OWN chickens!Why would you rather eat an egg that is produced by cramped hens who never see the sunlight?Mine get to run around the whole yard,eat plants and keep my yard pest free and roost in there predator proof coop at night.My meat chickens go in special movable chicken houses were they eat fresh grass and bugs everyday.The meat and eggs are also lower in cholesterol and fat.

[rexdrew1987]

@prichunks To be completely honest I would rather not. I support all animal agriculture even "factory" farms. Without larger farms such as this poultry farm the American consmer would not have access to a cheap, nutritious, and safe food supply. I have no problem with backyard farmers but not everyone wants to raise their own chickens. Thats where these larger farms come in, to meet demand. As for their welfare, these chickens are well taken care of.

[prichunks]

@rexdrew1987 Yeah that is the case but sadly these chickens are not well taken care of......

[lundymaphone]

@rexdrew1987 So basically.... "It is okay, go back to work, big brother is here to protect you"

[lahluv]

@rexdrew1987 you sound very ignorant. would be suprised if u are ignorant

[mylifestylefun]

Do any one knows any farm where i can get parent stocks eggs in large quantities here in United States please,thanks?

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[gillamfarms]

heck thats not that bad of a life food water shelter

[nandreeapa]

@gillamfarms y dont we put your whole family is cages like this herded literally smashed together & then kill yu to eat good life haan?

[gillamfarms]

@nandreeapa sorry but I run a 1000 bird layer chicken farm and have about 15 family chickens along with numerous friends who raise poultry and eggs and NONE of them live in cages

[Organicchickenlady]

The birds look nice. :o)

[maximum411]

these aren't advancements- chicken produced in places like this is absolute garbage

[gillamfarms]

@maximum411 how else do people market poultry cheaply

[maximum411]

@gillamfarms

Like they had been doing for thousands of years before the advent of factory farming, and like they still do in third world countries: by keeping small flocks in family backyards and feeding them with a combination of table scraps and whatever they can forage on their own. Factory farmers want you to think their methods are the only way, but it's really just a clever way for big corporations to make lots of money by concentrating the whole business in the hands of a few.

[gillamfarms]

@maximum411 well in the 21st century many people dont have space to keep a flock of birds and on the case of avian influenza the flock will probably get it more so than large poultry houses because of the steps of cleaniness and sanitary the houses are and from experence the adults give the job of cleaning to kids and those children dont want to do that and it becomes a mess

[maximum411]

@gillamfarms

You don't need much space to keep a flock of chickens- just a small backyard, which most people have. And not every single family needs a flock, of course. And not so about the bird flu- large flocks are much more susceptible to disease than small flocks- it only takes one weakened bird out of the bunch to catch the disease. And all these "biosecurity" measures create birds with weak immune systems that cant fight off infections.

[gillamfarms]

@maximum411 actually your right and i do belive that every chicken does deserve to be outside as much as they can

[maximum411]

@gillamfarms

really? oh wow, well that's great! I'm glad we agree :)

[maximum411]

Take the recent salmonella epidemic with eggs, for example- those were from battery hens, and you never hear stories like that with small, pastured flocks. I have a flock of chickens myself and I eat their eggs raw, and have never gotten sick.

And I know from experience that coops with small flocks do not get dirty easily. In fact, if you have a reasonable density of birds in the coop has a thick layer of pine shavings, you only need to clean it out about once a year, as it composts itself.

[rexdrew1987]

@maximum411 Just because your chickens are raised on pasture does not mean there isn't a risk of salmonella. Bacteria is everywhere. Your immune system may be stronger from eating raw eggs but I would be careful about allowing others to eat those eggs since they may not have the immunity like you do.

[maximum411]

@rexdrew1987

Yes, don't eat raw eggs if you are elderly, an infant, or immunocompromised, but otherwise it's not that risky. And salmonella infection is possible anywhere, but the crowded and stressful conditions on intensive factory farms means there is a much higher risk of infection.

[superwhiz88]

bs.. if the chicken isn't produce in such number in such small area.. it won't need no antibiotic or any other means of virus prevention.. this doesn't happen in back yard chickens

[UmbreonAndEspeon1]

HOW COME IT DIDN'T ONCE MENTION THE CREULTY?!!?

[gillamfarms]

@UmbreonAndEspeon1 not every poulty farmer or poultry company abuses their animals , for every bad farmer theres about twenty good farmers

[vidinman]

So when do these chickens eat grass,beetles and bugs.

[yenyoo]

nice to see where my chicken meat comes from, I like how its nice and clean.

[theutherknight017]

those chickens at cobb are alot more healthier than at the farms that you see in "meet your meat" and the other video clips, i work at a poultry plant, and i can see the difference between the birds

[MrJackassjerry]

I used to drink chicken blood for medical reason but not anymore.

[Organicchickenlady]

My chickens (3500 of them) go through 6.5 tons of feed every two weeks, and they are layers...

[TheGenuineChristian]

That's a lot of chickens there.

[icanflyfaraway]

i want this business

[Astephens2009]

There are good and bad farmers just like there are good and bad doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc. The ones that do it the right way are the backbone of this country and should be supported. Those that do it the wrong way should be stopped.

[fatboydanny1234]

20 billion dollars i,m in the wrong business....

[Organicchickenlady]

@fatboydanny1234 you're not going to get rich in the poultry industry...

[fatboydanny1234]

@Organicchickenlady I,m sure it,s better than my last job.

[LargyReturns]

Haha, It's funny how they leave out the whole process; How they cut off their beaks, how they make them lose their feathers, how they bleed, and how they are cut open so that they would die Thats the real chicken you eat :)

[gokory]

@LargyReturns and..it tastes good!!!!!!

[iharfor]

@LargyReturns

I can tell you first hand none of that is true. Now what else do you think you know that you actually don't? Care to comment on the economical status of Afghanistan?

[MlTher]

@iharfor Lol, "economical status". You'd better call it "debt status". At least Afghanistan doesn't owe the 10 fold of its GDP to other nations. The economical status is a number. Those figures are completely useless. They are covering human-made contracts. Nature doesn't care about contracts between people. Ecological status is what's important.

[kaboosehi5]

@LargyReturns i like how you act like you know about poultry production. If you dont clip the beaks of birds they will attack and injure each other and as far as defeathering and cutting chickens open is concerned, all of that happens well after the chicken has been killed and bled

[LargyReturns]

@kaboosehi5 I like how you don't have family that's in the business :)

[kaboosehi5]

@LargyReturns i like how u think that you know me, case in point: i work in the buisiness

[BadSideOfHeaven]

@LargyReturns and it tastes so damn good

[malofa99]

0:04 = *drool*

[juker606]

what a life.

[moemo01]

Is it right to breed living animals for human comsuption? As a human we are an animal just as well,so why dont we breed more babies and eat them at a dinner table?

[Qiqidh]

@moemo01 you are lucky because in russia chicken eat you

[moemo01]

@Qiqidh how does a chicken eat a live human?

[malofa99]

@moemo01 It's a joke.

[hockeyyismylife]

@moemo01 you moron i bet if tigers could breed more zebras to eat they would. and you know like 99 percent of species arent cannibals? that was just the dumbest thought i have ever seen typed in a sentence before. we are all now dumber for reading that.

[manolitomulat]

i love chicken

[jasaxophonist]

I bet you did 'nt say ; "  this poor chicken :/ when you are eating ....K.F.C.!!!!!!!!!!

OR ,OR Grammaas Home Style Country CHICKEN . What about taking a trip to Jamaica & eating JERK CHIKEN !!! HA!

[MEYERNET]

@jasaxophonist he is vegeterian

[gokory]

@jasaxophonist i'm not cvomplaining!! it ALL tastes GOOD especially the JERK CHICKEN!!!

[cromms]

this poor chicken :/

but it´s even better than in cages