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What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
MAN• There are more than 24 billion chickens• Chickens are mainly raised for food• The average person eats an average of 75 pounds of chicken a year. • Man engineers most of the chicken that we eat. It is no longer a natural process for the most part.
“Broiler Chickens”
• Chickens raised and killed for meat for mass production by companies such as Tyson and Perdue
• 50 years ago, it took 84 days to raise a chicken • Today it takes 35-45 days to raise
The Natural Chicken
• ChickensNatural lifespan: 7 years Lifespan of chicken killed for food:Broiler chickens: 5-7 weeks Layer hens: 2 years Male chicks hatched as byproducts of egg industry: 1 day
Chickens reside in small flocks,• Like sunbaths, dustbaths, and perching in trees • The mother hen and rooster stay with their flock
and protects them
Types of Chickens/EggsOrganic – certified by third party
•Feed must be 100% organic, may provide vitamin and mineral supplements
•May not be given hormones or antibiotics.
•All organically raised animals must have access to the outdoors. They may be temporarily confined only for reasons of health, safety, the animal’s stage of production, or to protect soil or water quality.
•Free-range/organic chickens raised outdoors are still denied many of their natural behaviors
Free-Range, Free Roaming:
•Producers labeling poultry as free-range or roaming must demonstrate to USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service, that the birds have been allowed adequate access to the outside.
•LOOPHOLE: No specific amount of space or time outside is required and stocking density (crowding) is unregulated.
Cage-Free:• Cage-Free is applicable to
egg-laying hens. Broiler hens, or birds raised for meat, are rarely caged prior to transport.
• This term is not regulated by USDA.
• Outdoor access is not needed and stocking density (crowding) is unregulated
Pastured Poultry:
• Modified free-range system
• Birds are raised on pasture and provided shelter that can be moved by hand or tractor.
• Get up to 20% of food from pasture
• Often times, birds are moved daily
• This term is not regulated by USDA
All Natural:
• Contains no artificial ingredient or added color and is only minimally processed
• Does not affect animal welfare.
• Unlike the organic label, the natural label does not have to meet requirements for feed, antibiotic use, or pasture
No Antibiotics:
• Poultry products that have provided documentation to USDA FSIS demonstrating that the animals were raised without antibiotics
• Does not affect animal welfare.
No Hormones:
• The USDA does not permit the use of hormones in any poultry production
• Does not affect animal welfare.
• Shoprite
• Pathmark
• Stop-n-Shop
What Markets We Visited
Shoprite Chicken Variety
Tyson
Perdue
Pollo Fresco
Readington Farms
The Natural
The Natural:
Minimally processed
No Artificial Ingredients
Up to 1% retained water
Pollo Fresco:
All Natural
No Artificial Stimulants
Minimally Processed
Readington Farms:
All Natural
Meets the American Humane Association standards for raising farm animals in ways which reduces stress
Perdue:
Family owned – breeding stock
Hatchery, Plants on family farms
Make Own Feed: whole grains, yellow corn meal, marigold extracts, and soybeans
Fresh All Natural: Minimally processed means it has just gone through a water spray down, no added flavors or chemicals. Just plain and wrapped.
Cornish Hens – 30 days old
Fresh young Chicken: 47-48 days old; 3.5 – 5 pounds
Oven Stuffer Roaster: 80 days old; 6.5 – 10 pounds
Chickens raised in family houses about size of football fields
Has cpu controlled doors – chics are running free in the houses
Access to food and water at all times
Only access to fresh-air when weather permits or at certains times of the day
Tyson Chicken
Shoprite Egg Variety
Country Fresh
Pete & Gerry’s
Shoprite Brand
Egg Land’s Best
Land-o-Lakes
Egg Innovations
Pete’s Gerry’s Organic Eggs
Omega 3
Grade AA Large
Country Fresh: Grade A Jumbo Eggs
Egg Innovations: Cage Free Eggs
USDA Organic
No Medications, Antiobiotics, or Pesticides
Shop Rite Certified Organic Eggs
Grade A Large
Shop Rite Omega 3 Eggs
Extra Vitamins and Minerals
Vegetarian fed, no hormones
Egg-Land’s Best
Farm Fresh
Grade A Brown
All Vegetarian Diet
No hormones added
Pathmark Chicken Variety
Perdue
America’s Choice
HarvestLand
America’s Choice:
All Natural
Minimally Processed
No Preservatives
No Artificial Ingredients
Harvestland:
All Natural
No Hormones or Steroids Added
No Antiobiotics Ever
Fed 100% All Vegetarian Diet
Pathmark Egg Variety
Pathmark Brand
Egg Land’s Best
Land-o-Lakes
ISE Farm Eggs
Pathmark:
Fed pure grains w/o the use of antibiotics
All Natural Cage Free
Feed free of pesticides and herbicides
Land o” Lakes
Vegetarian Feed
No animal fat or animal byproducts
ISE Farm Eggs:
Locally Produced
More Cholesterol
Stop-n-Shop Chicken VarietyStop-n-Shop Fresh White Gem
Perdue
Stop-n-Shop Brand:
All Natural
Minimally Processed
No Artificial Ingredients
Up to 3% retained water
Stop-n-Shop Egg Variety
Nature’s Promise
Pete & Gerry’s
Nature’s Promise:
Organic
Cage Free
Naturally Raised Hens – No antibiotics, no synthetic hormones, no synthetic pesticides
Conclusion:
• If you shop at a big supermarket, there really is no completely chicken-friendly brands. There are brands which are more friendly than others, but in the end, these companies ARE killing chickens and mass producing eggs for profit. BUT, if you don’t want to be a vegetarian and still feel the need to eat chicken, organic would be the best choice in our opinion