BnRidge
Gold Member
The dried poop added to the feed would have been about 35 yrs ago, so there is a good chance that has changed. Back then they had 13 barns, 3000/ea. Then a 30,000 building was added. Now they are down to 6 barns or so, but 2.7million chickens. They still dry the waste, but last I heard they ship it to someplace around Arkansas or Oklahoma. Not sure of it's end use. Either way, something is up with the eggs they produce. Why are the eggs so noticeably different than those on smaller farms. I also am not in agreement at all with this so called industrialization of agriculture. At what point did that become a thing?, industrial ag. Back in the 80s I trained as an agricultural engineer. I went on to work in manufacturing, making assemblies and parts for agricultural and construction equipment. So it's not as though I've been out of the loop. It's just that 3million chickens dumped into compost piles is no way to farm, and there is no earthly justification for it. 20yrd dump trucks, one every 4 minutes went past my place for 3wks straight. That's industrial. And that isn't right.Huh. I spent 30 plus years in the broiler chicken industry and never saw that on an ingredient list or inventory. Rendered meat & feather meal yes. The intestines & poop is where the bad stuff lives. Different strokes.