Comments on: Where Has the Little Red Hen Gone? http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/where-has-the-little-red-hen-gone/ Whiskey and Gunpowder features articles on gold, oil, currencies, emerging markets, energy, and more. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:22:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rancherlady http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/where-has-the-little-red-hen-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-3047 rancherlady Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:43:26 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=4963#comment-3047 Shame on you, Erik, for being in Texas and not saying so before you came. Shucks, we're only a hundred miles from Houston, Austin, and Waco, and less than 200 from D/FW and San Antonio... Has your factory started up again? Talk to you later, good to hear from you. Linda Shame on you, Erik, for being in Texas and not saying so before you came. Shucks, we’re only a hundred miles from Houston, Austin, and Waco, and less than 200 from D/FW and San Antonio…

Has your factory started up again? Talk to you later, good to hear from you. Linda

]]> By: Oldmanriver http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/where-has-the-little-red-hen-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-3013 Oldmanriver Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:09:54 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=4963#comment-3013 Hi Linda! I havent forgotten, just been busy lately, work and vacations. Actually had a weekend trip to the great state of Texas, nice place. Chicken litter is one of the best "natural" fertilizers. I have seen the rolling chicken coops used and they seem to work great. Hi Linda! I havent forgotten, just been busy lately, work and vacations. Actually had a weekend trip to the great state of Texas, nice place. Chicken litter is one of the best “natural” fertilizers. I have seen the rolling chicken coops used and they seem to work great.

]]> By: rancherlady http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/where-has-the-little-red-hen-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-2999 rancherlady Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:58:50 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=4963#comment-2999 Wahoo, Steve! One of our projects we'll get to eventually is building rolling pens so that the chickens are protected from hawks during the day and from skunks, 'possums, and raccoons at night. That way they can have constant access to new areas teeming with luscious tidbits and the land will be fertilized lightly in rotation. Wahoo, Steve! One of our projects we’ll get to eventually is building rolling pens so that the chickens are protected from hawks during the day and from skunks, ‘possums, and raccoons at night. That way they can have constant access to new areas teeming with luscious tidbits and the land will be fertilized lightly in rotation.

]]> By: rancherlady http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/where-has-the-little-red-hen-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-2998 rancherlady Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:55:49 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=4963#comment-2998 Old man River! You owe me an article! Great response to the Hiker, although he will probably never believe that all the little electric guillotine does is blunt the tips and the chicks are running around fine within moments. Old man River! You owe me an article! Great response to the Hiker, although he will probably never believe that all the little electric guillotine does is blunt the tips and the chicks are running around fine within moments.

]]> By: Steve http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/where-has-the-little-red-hen-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-2985 Steve Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:36:51 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=4963#comment-2985 As you well know we will just shift the business south of the border, of course where regulatory and health controls are minimal and labor is cheaper, and then the govenment will subsidize the grain, then import processed chicken. Once again adding to the unemployment roles and devestating small businesses in America all for our own good. I mean it would take a rocket scientist to develop alternative uses for the natural fertilizers to be put to profitable uses, and it's not like soils are being depleated, or that oil based fertilizers can be utilized since there is a abundance of oil, nobody ever heard of peak oil, or the benifits of recycled refuse that if applied with reasonable caution and awarness can be benificial and not harmful. It's like everything one bad apple causes an avalanche of destruction to a whole barrle of good apples, the bad apple being politicians and lawyers. As you well know we will just shift the business south of the border, of course where regulatory and health controls are minimal and labor is cheaper, and then the govenment will subsidize the grain, then import processed chicken. Once again adding to the unemployment roles and devestating small businesses in America all for our own good. I mean it would take a rocket scientist to develop alternative uses for the natural fertilizers to be put to profitable uses, and it’s not like soils are being depleated, or that oil based fertilizers can be utilized since there is a abundance of oil, nobody ever heard of peak oil, or the benifits of recycled refuse that if applied with reasonable caution and awarness can be benificial and not harmful. It’s like everything one bad apple causes an avalanche of destruction to a whole barrle of good apples, the bad apple being politicians and lawyers.

]]> By: rancherlady http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/where-has-the-little-red-hen-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-2984 rancherlady Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:29:20 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=4963#comment-2984 Rancher Lady is a giant fraud! She doesn't actually eat any of the chickens she raises! She has been "fattening" captured wild hogs for six months and they have never even been threatened with becoming sausage. Rancher Lady is a giant fraud! She doesn’t actually eat any of the chickens she raises! She has been “fattening” captured wild hogs for six months and they have never even been threatened with becoming sausage.

]]> By: Oldmanriver http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/where-has-the-little-red-hen-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-2982 Oldmanriver Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:29:48 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=4963#comment-2982 Hiker, I dont agree with all your statements. There are no super feeds, its just a balanced diet, nothing magical about that. The antibiotics just suppress bacteria which reduces feed efficiency, you would be lucky to increase rate of gain by 5% with them. Chickens just grow that fast when provided feed that is balanced. Cutting of beaks is just basic humane animal husbandry. Chickens (and other animals) do not have a sense of right and wrong, compassion or rational thought. They have instincts: self preservation and preservation of their off spring. Thats it, cutting off their beaks is the most humane thing a farmer can do. I have seen what chickens can do when raised outside in the fresh air, with plenty of food and water and space. They are cruel in their treatment of the weak. I do agree that large agribuisness has overstepped its bounds. We would all be better off if we took a page out of your book and raised our own food or at least purchased our chickens from a local farmer that raised them to our specifications if that is what we so desire. I commend you on the strength of your convictions and actually doing something about it personally rather than just complaining. Hiker,
I dont agree with all your statements. There are no super feeds, its just a balanced diet, nothing magical about that. The antibiotics just suppress bacteria which reduces feed efficiency, you would be lucky to increase rate of gain by 5% with them. Chickens just grow that fast when provided feed that is balanced. Cutting of beaks is just basic humane animal husbandry. Chickens (and other animals) do not have a sense of right and wrong, compassion or rational thought. They have instincts: self preservation and preservation of their off spring. Thats it, cutting off their beaks is the most humane thing a farmer can do. I have seen what chickens can do when raised outside in the fresh air, with plenty of food and water and space. They are cruel in their treatment of the weak. I do agree that large agribuisness has overstepped its bounds. We would all be better off if we took a page out of your book and raised our own food or at least purchased our chickens from a local farmer that raised them to our specifications if that is what we so desire. I commend you on the strength of your convictions and actually doing something about it personally rather than just complaining.

]]> By: RCM http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/where-has-the-little-red-hen-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-2978 RCM Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:10:45 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=4963#comment-2978 Oregon Hiker, It is apparent that your knowledge regarding chickens is more than a little deficient, particularly where the operation of large chicken production farms is concerned. What I find interesting in your little tirade is that the website you refer to belongs to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). For the uninitiated, these are the same people who...at one point in time...went so far as to propose covering animal's genital areas with clothing (Can you imagine the untapped market for equine boxer shorts?) so that the animals wouldn't be embarassed by their nudity. You also appear to have zero knowledge of what is known as 'free range chickens', though your feathered pets appear to live in just such a manner. Free range chickens, which is what you have on ordinary working farms and ranches (I am not discussing massive agribusiness operations), enjoy life, lay eggs wherever they choose, hens protect their brood while the humans who own the farm or ranch do their best to protect the chickens. When the time comes for the chicken to become dinner, they are humanely and quickly killed. But until that time comes, they have literally lived the chicken version of the Life of Riley. In case you're unfamiliar with that phrase, the Life of Riley was a very good situation comedy of the 1950s that starred William Bendix. On the other hand, Rancher Lady did bring up a valid point. If you feel that strongly about the way chickens are treated, you do have a moral obligation to allow your chickens to return to the wild, unfettered by the rancid taint of civilization. There they will be free...free to live a short and violent life before succumbing to the law of the jungle (or wilderness), providing proper protein for the predator who is on the next higher rung of the food chain. How can you object to such a lifestyle for your feathered friends? After all, it's only nature in action. Oregon Hiker,

It is apparent that your knowledge regarding chickens is more than a little deficient, particularly where the operation of large chicken production farms is concerned. What I find interesting in your little tirade is that the website you refer to belongs to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). For the uninitiated, these are the same people who…at one point in time…went so far as to propose covering animal’s genital areas with clothing (Can you imagine the untapped market for equine boxer shorts?) so that the animals wouldn’t be embarassed by their nudity.

You also appear to have zero knowledge of what is known as ‘free range chickens’, though your feathered pets appear to live in just such a manner. Free range chickens, which is what you have on ordinary working farms and ranches (I am not discussing massive agribusiness operations), enjoy life, lay eggs wherever they choose, hens protect their brood while the humans who own the farm or ranch do their best to protect the chickens.

When the time comes for the chicken to become dinner, they are humanely and quickly killed. But until that time comes, they have literally lived the chicken version of the Life of Riley. In case you’re unfamiliar with that phrase, the Life of Riley was a very good situation comedy of the 1950s that starred William Bendix.

On the other hand, Rancher Lady did bring up a valid point. If you feel that strongly about the way chickens are treated, you do have a moral obligation to allow your chickens to return to the wild, unfettered by the rancid taint of civilization. There they will be free…free to live a short and violent life before succumbing to the law of the jungle (or wilderness), providing proper protein for the predator who is on the next higher rung of the food chain. How can you object to such a lifestyle for your feathered friends? After all, it’s only nature in action.

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