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Chickens and other poultry eat insects if they are raised on pasture. They directly convert this abundant food source for us. Chickens taste better and are easy

Chickens and other poultry eat insects if they are raised on pasture. They directly convert this abundant food source for us. Chickens taste better and are easy enough for anyone to raise.

DanBC 13y ago
Chickens are also easy to infect with a variety of diseases that can affect humans. And there's the small but significant risk of a bird flu developing in the poultry population.
- lightweb2 13y ago
  Chickens are easy to infect when they are genetically compromised as you get with birds raised on commercial poultry feed and living in confined spaces. Birds raised on pasture are much less susceptible to this. There is a world of difference between the two. Much has been written on this subject.
  - tellarin 13y ago
    Not really. Especifically in the case of the bird flu, that was mentioned above, chicken get them from birds in the wild. So commercial poultry sometimes might have its advantages.
    - lightweb2 13y ago
      Or so you've been told by whatever industry... I take all of that with a grain of salt and concentrate on providing the best farm environment possible and allowing nature to mitigate the issues for me. This is way it was done for millenia before corporate agriculture and media got involved. Non-mainstream education is paramount in this area.
tellarin 13y ago
I disagree that chickens taste better than most insects. My experience is quite the opposite. Chicken is usually more bland, I guess. While insects vary a lot. Some can be pretty tasty, others quite awful.
- guard-of-terra 13y ago
  In my opinion, chickens' white meat is the tastiest meat out there. WRT "bland", that's why you cook your food. Throw in some spices and soy sauce and combine with greens or pasta.
  - tellarin 13y ago
    The cooking and spices comment applies to insects too. I didn't say you have to eat insects by themselves. I still prefer them over chicken. If we're talking about not using much seasoning/condiments/side dishes, then nothing beats nice beef. And, in my opinion, chicken's dark meat is much better than the white.
    - lightweb2 13y ago
      You have never actually tasted a truly "pastured" chicken if you still think it tastes "bland". Read everything you can from Joel Salatin. :-) The chickens we raised on pasture had the deepest flavor of anything we ever experienced and our birds were some of the healthiest I've ever seen.

Chickens and other poultry eat insects if they are raised on pasture. They directly convert this abundant food source for us. Chickens taste better and are easy enough for anyone to raise.

DanBC 13y ago

Chickens are also easy to infect with a variety of diseases that can affect humans. And there's the small but significant risk of a bird flu developing in the poultry population.

lightweb2 13y ago
Chickens are easy to infect when they are genetically compromised as you get with birds raised on commercial poultry feed and living in confined spaces. Birds raised on pasture are much less susceptible to this. There is a world of difference between the two. Much has been written on this subject.
- tellarin 13y ago
  Not really. Especifically in the case of the bird flu, that was mentioned above, chicken get them from birds in the wild. So commercial poultry sometimes might have its advantages.
  - lightweb2 13y ago
    Or so you've been told by whatever industry... I take all of that with a grain of salt and concentrate on providing the best farm environment possible and allowing nature to mitigate the issues for me. This is way it was done for millenia before corporate agriculture and media got involved. Non-mainstream education is paramount in this area.

tellarin 13y ago

I disagree that chickens taste better than most insects. My experience is quite the opposite. Chicken is usually more bland, I guess. While insects vary a lot. Some can be pretty tasty, others quite awful.

guard-of-terra 13y ago
In my opinion, chickens' white meat is the tastiest meat out there. WRT "bland", that's why you cook your food. Throw in some spices and soy sauce and combine with greens or pasta.
- tellarin 13y ago
  The cooking and spices comment applies to insects too. I didn't say you have to eat insects by themselves. I still prefer them over chicken. If we're talking about not using much seasoning/condiments/side dishes, then nothing beats nice beef. And, in my opinion, chicken's dark meat is much better than the white.
  - lightweb2 13y ago
    You have never actually tasted a truly "pastured" chicken if you still think it tastes "bland". Read everything you can from Joel Salatin. :-) The chickens we raised on pasture had the deepest flavor of anything we ever experienced and our birds were some of the healthiest I've ever seen.