NationStates Jolt Archive


Chicken Ranching!

Agerias
02-10-2007, 01:32
I have a suggestion.

Convert suggestion box into automatic paper shredder, and just post in the technical forum if you have any problems with the boards.

Edit: OP hijack. I declare this topic now about chicken farming.
Agerias
02-10-2007, 02:04
on one hand you're gonna make a lot of people unhappy by not allowing battery farming, but on the other if you allow it you make a lot of chickens even more unhappy. It's hard to be utilitarian when animals are involved.
By battery farming, do you mean factory farming? I'm not sure where you live, but here in Kansas we call it factory farming.

Anyway, it's all about balance. Sure, organic farming is great and all, but there is a large demand for meat, and free-ranging the chickens is very expensive compared to factory farming. What happens if you outlaw the latter? I'm not sure, but I don't think it would help food prices one bit. A huge chunk of the meat industry is from factory farms, and you could expect a hit in grocery stores, too.

However, factory farming has awful effects on the environment, and human health (factory farms are a wonderful breeding ground for H5N1).
New Manvir
02-10-2007, 02:12
I want a Chicken Farm...that way, when the world goes to shit...I'LL HAVE CHICKEN BITCHES!!!!!!