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Badger1970 Member Since: 21 Sep 2012 Location: Southam, Warwickshire Posts: 1372 |
http://goo.gl/rGCe5U
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24th Jul 2014 7:35 am |
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Iliacus Member Since: 24 Jan 2014 Location: Herefordshire Posts: 256 |
We get what we pay for. Everyone from producer to retailer is in it to make a profit so a cheap chicken will not have had a happy life and the process fro farm to shop will be as "streamlined and efficient" as possible. As there is no slack in the system nothing will get "wasted" and the production will not stop if at all possible, whatever the problem.
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24th Jul 2014 9:08 am |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
not a pretty picture of my industry. all of that is after the birds leave my farm.
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24th Jul 2014 9:36 am |
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SYFL2 Member Since: 16 Jun 2012 Location: Sheffield Posts: 2593 |
I know wasn't having a go at you pal it's things like that Bernard Mathews scandal that sticks in the mind muppet casual workers playing baseball with live birds etc it extends to all the meat we consume in this country. Local inner city farm near me has recently set up a chicken scheme for the garden,it's been a huge success. |
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24th Jul 2014 9:54 am |
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PuffyMcScrote Member Since: 10 Feb 2014 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 99 |
Similar reports come out in the US every month or so. It's bad enough that Ms. McScrote and I have taken to buying all of our meat and poultry from local farms via a great little co-op delivery service that comes to the door every other week.
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24th Jul 2014 10:47 am |
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rjc1944 Member Since: 18 Dec 2011 Location: Perranporth, Cornwall Posts: 783 |
As with a lot of things we're very lucky with access to good fresh food down here in deepest Cornwall. Our local butcher is also a local farmer and we know more or less exactly where our meat comes from. We have a local fish delivery service from the boats in Newlyn (about half an hour's drive away) so there's precious little food mileage involved there too. We buy Cornish milk and cream and have many local ice creams, beers and ciders (cider and jams produced by the grandchild of Donald Healey of sports car fame, who used to have a garage just down the street from us).
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24th Jul 2014 12:10 pm |
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Badger1970 Member Since: 21 Sep 2012 Location: Southam, Warwickshire Posts: 1372 |
Having just returned from down there rjc1944, indeed you are blessed! I have dined on fresh Crab and Lobster nearly every day for the last week, and washed it down with copious amounts of Rattler and Proper Job To say I was looking forward to returning home was of course definitely not the case! Foraging near Gaydon....
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24th Jul 2014 1:12 pm |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4102 |
Makes me laugh when you get the likes of Hugh Fernley Whatsisname and other millionaire celebrity chefs tellig us we should buy free range, hand reared, cuddled to death chickens at 」20 a pop. People cant afford that. Look at it this way - youve got two chickens - one living the life of Rielly and the other up to his neck in chicken and standing on other dead birds. Which one of them woulkd be pleading to be killed when Mr Farmer comes along with his axe? Exactly! Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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24th Jul 2014 3:32 pm |
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Iliacus Member Since: 24 Jan 2014 Location: Herefordshire Posts: 256 |
I'd recommend Costco FR chickens, about 」5.50 for a good size bird and tastes good too. GONE - '07 TD4 GS manual Zermatt Silver
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24th Jul 2014 4:54 pm |
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3disco Member Since: 18 Apr 2014 Location: devon Posts: 659 |
I have bought free range lets cuddle a chicken portions from the chippy in Axminster and can honestly say they are tough as old boots,probably because they run around to much,all due to Hugh whatisname local influence! |
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24th Jul 2014 5:22 pm |
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Iliacus Member Since: 24 Jan 2014 Location: Herefordshire Posts: 256 |
It's not just here that chicken meat is a bit iffy; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28478338
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25th Jul 2014 7:54 am |
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mudslinger Member Since: 10 Jun 2010 Location: Deep in a cave in the hills Posts: 1035 |
Try the "Chicken " forum...
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25th Jul 2014 2:11 pm |
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