livingart Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 i think if they hatch they look like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 That breed would be the Kentucky Plucker chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 go to tvnz and watch the target episode about this Target? Do people actually watch and belive anything they say? Cheap entertainment at best, just like the simpsons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 a friend owns a chicken farm with both battery & free range hens. not a rooster to be seen anywhere, they get gassed at hatching & turned into pet food long before being old enough to create treading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 a friend owns a chicken farm with both battery & free range hens. not a rooster to be seen anywhere, they get gassed at hatching & turned into pet food long before being old enough to create treading. i know a person that buys these for her cats.. (feeds them whole, good for them) She once bought a bag of newly gassed chickens , took them home and threw them in the freezer. A while later she heard a cheeping sound .. in the middle of the bag where it was still warm , she found a live chick. Yes this is a true story... can't remember what she did with it after that but i'm sure she didn't feed it to her waiting cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 interesting, wouldn't have thought there would be much to them & would be worth feeding to cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 interesting, wouldn't have thought there would be much to them & would be worth feeding to cats. raw feeders love them.. they've got meat, soft bone, offal, chewy bits everything. A lot of cat breeders feed them to their cats. I'm not game enough and just stick to raw meat in a jimbos pottle and the odd chicken neck. (raw not cooked) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Poultry bred for eggs, bred for meat or bred as breaders in my experience are all kept seperate so I would be surprised to find fertile eggs being sold for human consumption in the shops. Why would you run roosters with egglayers unless you wanted to raise the next generation from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Why would you run roosters with egglayers unless you wanted to raise the next generation from them. they don't. a hen is freighted to the farm ready to, or already laying from the hatchery. when they finish their first cycle of laying they are killed & a new batch come in. thats it, nothing more than one season of lay from each bird except for the few i & other get for hens at our houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Jimbos is one of my biggest pet peeves (no pun). It is not a complete food, it is pure muscle (all phosphorus and no calcium) so you would need to add a pure calcium supplement (among other things) to provide a balanced diet. You are right about the whole chick being more nutritious. It has its bones so there is a good calcium phosphorus balance not to mention a better profile of vitamins and minerals with all the organs present as well. You probably couldn't do much better than feeding a cat those chicks. Same goes for any carnivore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Hi jenniferh I don't feed jimbos' alone.. that's just the raw portion my cats get.. haha .. they get other stuff as well. (quality dry, fish, egg, chicken necks, mybeau etc) I know baby chicks would be really great for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Hi jenniferh I don't feed jimbos' alone.. that's just the raw portion my cats get.. haha .. they get other stuff as well. (quality dry, fish, egg, chicken necks, mybeau etc) I know baby chicks would be really great for them! No judgement intended. Pet food labelling legislation is just about criminal IMHO. Don't mind me, I have just been battling that war for too long so it just comes out. :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 To be fair, I/family has found a few (maybe 3 at most) with freakin' embryos in them! Definitely not often, and trust me, its something you don't forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Embryos or bloodspots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 BABY CHICKENS! with heads and all. Really big freakin eyes aswell... Its one of the very few things that made me feel sick just by looking at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 BABY CHICKENS! with heads and all. Really big freakin eyes aswell... Its one of the very few things that made me feel sick just by looking at it. interesting Im 58 and use to eat a lot of eggs, Ive found the odd blood spot but never anything more. Dont eat as many o=ver the last couple of years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 My dad found it, was 45 at the time... I'm definitely not saying its a usual thing... Just the chance is there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrise001 Posted April 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 also this has been reveiwed on target my aunty is conducting this expiriment and ill let u no if they hatch They must be near hatching now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrise001 Posted May 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 true! i must ask but she had to go to a funeral for a couple of days so she didnt turn them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 After 26 - 27 days crack them to see and show us the pictures of what is inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 lol :roll: That really is all I have to say about this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 you dragged it up! :lol: and all along i thought everyone would have forgotten about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 you dragged it up! :lol: and all along i thought everyone would have forgotten about it. I've been in Bali! Missed out on all the fun, hence why I dredged this one up to add in my 2 cents. The poor soul who thinks you can hatch supermarket eggs :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 I loled too :lol: how was bali?! surf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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