Poultry farming
Poultry farming is the raising of domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese for the purpose of farming meat or eggs for food. Poultry are farmed in great numbers with chickens being the most numerous. More than 50 billion chickens are raised annually as a source of food, for both their meat and their eggs. Chickens raised for eggs are usually called layers while chickens raised for meat are often called broilers. In the US, the national organization overseeing poultry production is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the UK, the national organization is the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Intensive and alternative poultry farming
According to the World Watch Institute, 74 percent of the world's poultry meat, and 68 percent of eggs are produced in ways that are described as 'intensive'. One alternative to intensive poultry farming is free-range farming using lower stocking densities. Poultry producers routinely use nationally approved medications, such as antibiotics, in feed or drinking water, to treat disease or to prevent disease outbreaks. Some FDA-approved medications are also approved for improved feed utilization.
Podcasts:
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by Cornbugs
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by Dead Kennedys
Chicken Farm
by: CornbugsI got me a bushel of corn
Pickin' them ears till the field is shorn
Golden bloody harvest
Dandelion moon
Frogs are croakin' in the pond
The laughter of the loon
Hoody woody woody all the
Doody all the day
Hoody woody woody all the
Doody all the day
Chicken Farm!
Chicken Farm!
None of my chickens comes to harm!
Someone tries to deck her
I'll kick him in the pecker
Hoody woody woody all the
Doody all the day
Hoody woody woody all the
Doody all the day
Diggin' up the 'taters, glad I'm not a waiter,
Feelin' nice and warm on my chicken farm.
Frost is on the pumpkin
Look at all the junk in my backyard
Granny grab your girdle,
Jerry's got a turtle!
Porn Barn!
Earache my Ernie's ass
Don't make me wake your father
Hot & bothered he'd be after a
Losing bout with the bottle
He'll throttle you, you little fool,
And then we'll see if you're
Really too sick to go to school.
Dog howls, your father'll have its
Bowels for breakfast, shut the mutt up,
The guppies need feedin', they're
Breedin' again, and now there's
Twice as many as there were on Monday!
Earache my Ernie's ass
English class?! You better pass,
And it's half past eight, you'll be
Late, and there'll be hell to pay,
Ernie's way, and you know that's
Nothing to sneeze at, Matt!
Beddie-bye's done, son, on the floor,
Into your sneakers, have a Smore,
Gulp the juice and out the door,
Onto the bus and into the school yard,
Sixteen is drool hard, but we expect
So much of you, so don't let us down,
Make something of yourself while