@oo6gepuka Sorry for taking so long to reply to your post, but have you ever worked on a farm? I ask this because videos can make just about anything look good or bad based on the bias of the editor.
@oo6gepuka I just ask that you visit farms before implying that organic farms are so much better than conventional farms. There are great farms of either type and also bad farms of both types.
free range means all corporate grower needs to do is allow "access" to outdoors..but as their food and water is all inside, they rarely leave the house...
lindsaycaress: They are spent at one year for several reasons. 1. The shells get thinner the older the bird gets. Egg quality gets poor. 2. Egg size gets too large. 3. Production in a hen decreases so they eat more, and don't lay as many eggs. My birds eat 6 1/2 tons of feed every two weeks. If they aren't producing the eggs to offset the cost of feed, then it isn't cost effective to keep them.
@Aspenfash899 These are NOT "organic" eggs! These are "Pasture Raised" eggs! They are better then organic! These are the MINIMUM humane conditions that chickens should be raised.
no not really. depending on the organic certification of the farm there are very strick rules, anyone can call something "organic" but if its demeter organics or something there are many inspections and rules.
@jiggyboy69 I have heard of at least a few dairy farms that were confinement style while calling themselves organic. I have absolutely nothing against confinement dairies it is just that according to organic rules require a certain amount of pasture in their diet. Until I believe last fall they were getting by with hardly any pasture at all. The government has gotten stricter since my post 8 months ago.
If these hens are classed as spent at 1 year of age ,that is foolish, as they can lay for another 4 years or more.We rescue Ex -batts hens and they enjoy life after being freed and they continue to lay.They are happy hens and part of our family.Lindsay
There are no retirement homes for "spent" hens. They are slaughtered for chicken soup or cheap pies so that the egg industry can squeeze as much money out of them as they can. Ask what happens to the male chicks. After all, they certainly don't lay eggs, which means no profits. They are gassed, suffocated in trash bags, or ground up alive. Bad luck for a nonhuman animal if they can generate profits, and back luck once they cannot.
I'm gonna be honest, to me, it really doesn't mean a whole lot. Milk is milk. At least that is how I see it.
tjkillduff 10 months ago
@tjkillduff it is because either you are dumb or you dont have a heart.
oo6gepuka 7 months ago
@oo6gepuka Sorry for taking so long to reply to your post, but have you ever worked on a farm? I ask this because videos can make just about anything look good or bad based on the bias of the editor.
tjkillduff 5 months ago
@tjkillduff no i have not. why?
oo6gepuka 5 months ago
@oo6gepuka I just ask that you visit farms before implying that organic farms are so much better than conventional farms. There are great farms of either type and also bad farms of both types.
tjkillduff 4 months ago
@tjkillduff hmm i didnt know that.. thanks.
oo6gepuka 4 months ago
free range means all corporate grower needs to do is allow "access" to outdoors..but as their food and water is all inside, they rarely leave the house...
impalapez 11 months ago
@impalapez my chickens food and water is inside the house and they basically free range all day.
prichunks 11 months ago
@prichunks that's cool..what I meant by my comment was that as far as the fda is concerned w/ labeling of food...that was all that was needed....
impalapez 11 months ago
here my 2 cents,plant fruit trees like mulbery,rasbery,cheries,they love them, they will eat the fruits and they will have shade in the summer.
gizliliman1 1 year ago
Nice Job!
KingmanOldDude 1 year ago
lindsaycaress: They are spent at one year for several reasons. 1. The shells get thinner the older the bird gets. Egg quality gets poor. 2. Egg size gets too large. 3. Production in a hen decreases so they eat more, and don't lay as many eggs. My birds eat 6 1/2 tons of feed every two weeks. If they aren't producing the eggs to offset the cost of feed, then it isn't cost effective to keep them.
Organicchickenlady 2 years ago
good one man.. how many are they.. are they for meat or are they egg layers.. what do u feed them..
keshavamit 2 years ago
i love organic eggs
Aspenfash899 2 years ago 6
@Aspenfash899 These are NOT "organic" eggs! These are "Pasture Raised" eggs! They are better then organic! These are the MINIMUM humane conditions that chickens should be raised.
astrialkil 10 months ago
do you make a fairly good profit from this?
gokory 2 years ago
Organic doesn't = what you see here. Organic eggs can still come from some pretty decrepit farms. Buy your eggs from a local farm like this one.
hendrixharlow 2 years ago 10
thats about the same with all the organic livestock. somebody always finds a loophole
tjkillduff 2 years ago
no not really. depending on the organic certification of the farm there are very strick rules, anyone can call something "organic" but if its demeter organics or something there are many inspections and rules.
jiggyboy69 2 years ago
@jiggyboy69 I have heard of at least a few dairy farms that were confinement style while calling themselves organic. I have absolutely nothing against confinement dairies it is just that according to organic rules require a certain amount of pasture in their diet. Until I believe last fall they were getting by with hardly any pasture at all. The government has gotten stricter since my post 8 months ago.
tjkillduff 2 years ago
@tjkillduff Good! Organic and free range should actually mean something.
astrialkil 10 months ago
This is why I don't ever regret spending 5 to 6 bucks to buy a dozen of organic eggs. They are worth EVERY penny.
daphinou86 3 years ago 2
they look like they are kept in good shape .
origamimaster14 3 years ago
If these hens are classed as spent at 1 year of age ,that is foolish, as they can lay for another 4 years or more.We rescue Ex -batts hens and they enjoy life after being freed and they continue to lay.They are happy hens and part of our family.Lindsay
lindsaycaress 3 years ago
There are no retirement homes for "spent" hens. They are slaughtered for chicken soup or cheap pies so that the egg industry can squeeze as much money out of them as they can. Ask what happens to the male chicks. After all, they certainly don't lay eggs, which means no profits. They are gassed, suffocated in trash bags, or ground up alive. Bad luck for a nonhuman animal if they can generate profits, and back luck once they cannot.
TheUnsilenced 4 years ago
It does not have to be like that,these so called Humans have made it this way not the hens.
lindsaycaress 3 years ago
What happens to the Hens in November.?Are they found new homes.
lindsaycaress 4 years ago
NO.
happyidiot01 3 years ago
Both chickens and dog look organically happy!
tarazod 4 years ago 2