Re: Re: Rosie's chicken was Organic Food - additives?

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Great info.

On Dec 26, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Walukas wrote:

> Not what most of us are looking for in " free-range " birds.

> " The Omnivore's Dilemma " is an awesome read.

>

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Fantastic.

On Dec 26, 2006, at 6:50 PM, bellasol.organics wrote:

> Look for PASTURED chickens. This is the term used by chicken growers,

> like myself, who raise their birds on grass, OUTSIDE. To add to

> 's excellent post and book recomend: `Free range' really

> should be `cage-free'. Almost all Organic national and regional

> brands are `free range in a building'.

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Thanks for posting this. I don't buy my birds direct from the farm, rather

from a small local health food store. For the third time my bird has been

missing one of its wings. They almost always have the tips clipped off the

wings, they're not plucked very well and they have these metal tags clamped

onto the wings that I end up having to cut off so what is left of the one

wing that comes with the bird isn't much. The birds always taste good, much

better than the standard ones, but its really beginning to bother me since

the wing is one of my favorite pieces. It makes me wonder if this place is

yet another of those pack-hundreds-in-the-barn types. I hadn't realized

" free range " was different than " pastured " . Thanks again for posting!

-Lana

On 12/26/06, Walukas <klwalukas@...> wrote:

>

> Pollan talks specifically about the chickens called " Rosie " from

> Whole Foods in his book " The Omnivore's Dilemma " . He visits the " farm "

> they

> are from and reports that they are kept in a large covered barn with a

> door

> open at one end that opens to a green grass lawn. The door is opened for

> the first time when the chickens are 5 weeks old. They are slaughtered

> when

> they are 7 weeks old. So for 2 weeks, they have " access " to " pasture " ,

> however, none of them ever take advantage of it, because by that time they

> are trained and don't even try to go out the door. This is done to

> protect

> them from getting sick, since they are not given antibiotics and they are

> in

> very close quarters, although they are not caged. They are fed organic,

> vegetarian feed.

>