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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 431"><p>> You guys seem to think that feeding chicken litter is a new thing. On the contrary, farmers have been doing it for decades. And they aren't feeding it pure it will make up to 10-15% of the diet, and the litter isn't pure feces.</p><p></p><p>Here's how it works: Farmers regularly feed Urea(nothing to do with urine) which is also used as fertilizer for the nitrogen, cattle can break down nitrogen into protein. Chicken litter has a high amount of nitrogen, so they get their protein from this source. If the packers would pay a decent percentage of what they make for the cattle and not take such a big margin from the consumer then farmers wouldn't have to look for alternative feed sources.</p><p></p><p>And would you rather buy meat that has been "medicated and hormoned up" or would you rather buy synthetic food that is manufactured from preservatives and artificial flavors.</p><p></p><p>Do the same people that don't eat meat refrain from drinking and smoking, or taking hormones for menopause, or taking viagra, or even aspirin and other pain killers, or coffee.</p><p></p><p>When raising pigs if they were fed 100% all-natural diet, they would still eat things that would disgust city slickers (skip this part if you are squeamish): their afterbirth (womb), their feces, their own piglets, another dead animal before it can be properly disposed of, and lots of times they are fattened up in a cattle lot and never eat nothing but the corn that passes through cattle.</p><p></p><p>And how about the water that you are drinking, in many towns it is recycled sewage.</p><p></p><p>Hope this doesn't cause too much of a stir but it provides something to discuss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 431"] > You guys seem to think that feeding chicken litter is a new thing. On the contrary, farmers have been doing it for decades. And they aren't feeding it pure it will make up to 10-15% of the diet, and the litter isn't pure feces. Here's how it works: Farmers regularly feed Urea(nothing to do with urine) which is also used as fertilizer for the nitrogen, cattle can break down nitrogen into protein. Chicken litter has a high amount of nitrogen, so they get their protein from this source. If the packers would pay a decent percentage of what they make for the cattle and not take such a big margin from the consumer then farmers wouldn't have to look for alternative feed sources. And would you rather buy meat that has been "medicated and hormoned up" or would you rather buy synthetic food that is manufactured from preservatives and artificial flavors. Do the same people that don't eat meat refrain from drinking and smoking, or taking hormones for menopause, or taking viagra, or even aspirin and other pain killers, or coffee. When raising pigs if they were fed 100% all-natural diet, they would still eat things that would disgust city slickers (skip this part if you are squeamish): their afterbirth (womb), their feces, their own piglets, another dead animal before it can be properly disposed of, and lots of times they are fattened up in a cattle lot and never eat nothing but the corn that passes through cattle. And how about the water that you are drinking, in many towns it is recycled sewage. Hope this doesn't cause too much of a stir but it provides something to discuss. [/QUOTE]
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