For those who raise chickens for meat...

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What was the number one reason you started raising chickens for meat?

To save money

[ 0 ]

To spend the same money but get better quality

[ 0 ]

To be certain about the source of my poultry meat

33%

[ 1 ]

To have better quality chicken than is available for sale locally

[ 0 ]

To be sure that the chickens I eat lived a good life

33%

[ 1 ]

To start a new business selling poultry meat

[ 0 ]

To do something useful with all the spare cockerels

33%

[ 1 ]

It sounded like fun

[ 0 ]

Some other reason - please comment!

[ 0 ]

Total Votes : 3

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JKLawrence

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 14

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 05 1:09 pm Post subject: For those who raise chickens for meat...
I'm planning to write an article on keeping chickens for meat, and I'd like to hear why those who have done it got started. There may be lots of reasons, and the reasons may have changed... just give me the main thing that motivated you to do it.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 05 2:22 pm Post subject:
Pretty much all of the above, but if I have to choose just one...

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 05 8:46 pm Post subject:
I haven't done it yet, apart from eating the odd cockerel, but we ahve prepared the area we are going to be using for them, as this years meat addition. we have added a new meat species every year. Next year is rabbit, I think. Primarily, it is so we know exactly where are meat is coming from, what it has eaten and how it has lived. Taste will be a swift second.

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 05 3:35 pm Post subject:
We only have laying hens at the moment. When we move I will try and raise some of our own hens and eat the cockerals. If I had to choose one reason it would be 'To be sure that the chickens I eat lived a good life', although several of the other options would apply.

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