View Single Post
  #9 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 12,851
Default Hidden Horrors of Egg Production

On Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:18:54 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:07:03 -0700, Whirled Peas >
>wrote:
>
>> On 03/07/2015 01:41 PM, sf wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Nobody has explained yet why the boy chicks aren't neutered and
>> > fattened up for the dinner table.
>> >

>>
>> Ever hear of a capon?

>
>That's exactly why I asked. I never see them in stores and never see
>them on a menu. If they are being raised as capons, where are they?


I've only ever seen them a few times in my life. It would be better
than killing off chicks just because they are male. I guess they
don't fit the production lines at the chicken factory.