and speaking of farming: CHICKS!

[goddessfarmer]

or, as I like to call them at this age: McNuggetts. 27 stupid white chicks and one mystery chick. Think food in about 8 weeks.

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[tamidon.livejournal.com]

8 weeks? Good to know

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

So when cooked they'll be hot chicks.
Hot chicks... mmmm... with garlic and lemon zest...

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

lolz, you just know how brilliantly sly that mystery chick is gonna be!

Impressed that it takes a mere 2 months... what do you feed them?

[goddessfarmer.livejournal.com]

This particular breed is basically a food converter. I'm feeding them Green Mountain Organics chick starter then grower crumble. But even on conventional feed they grow this fast. The downside is high infant mortality and inability to reproduce naturally. All of these birds were conceived via AI. This is a prime example of how 'modern' agriculture has been doing trait-breeding to achieve a tool for converting corn into meat.

[(Anonymous)]

huh... is this mainly a high metabolism effect? I should read up on this- is this a size selection as well as a faster maturity rate selection?
Fascinating stuff...

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

huh... is this mainly a high metabolism effect? I should read up on this- is this a size selection as well as a faster maturity rate selection?
Fascinating stuff...

[goddessfarmer.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, really. These are the chickens developed by the likes of Perdue and Tyson. They would not be able to live without human assistance. But they sure are yummy.