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International Respect For Chickens Day Celebrates Compassion For Chickens
United Poultry Concerns Urges Compassionate Action for Chickens in May
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International Respect For Chickens Day - May 4th. We urge everyone to do a
compassionate ACTION for chickens, on May 4th or any time in the month of May, says Karen Davis, president of United Poultry Concerns which promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of chickens and other domestic fowl.
Happy chickens are cheerful birds, says Karen Davis, who maintains a sanctuary for chickens in Machipongo, Virginia. Chickens love the earth and sun, yet millions are sitting in filthy dark buildings on crippled legs breathing polluted air and suffering from debilitating diseases, as documented in my book
America s Chicken Wing Shortage is Bad for the Planet
On 4/28/21 at 4:20 PM EDT
America s demand for chicken wings continues to shape the food industry, as some restaurant owners find themselves shelling out more $3 per pound for wings.
Increased demand for takeout and comfort food put wing consumption on the rise in 2020, The National Chicken Council reported. That demand, coupled with the biggest day for wing eating Super Bowl Sunday and devastation from the winter storms in Texas, has shrunken the popular poultry product to a relatively short supply.
A U.S. chicken farm.
Sascha Schuermann/Getty One of the biggest challenges in the industry is to get the optimum value for the whole chicken produced, Fabian Brockötter, editor in chief of Poultry World magazine, told
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There are a lot of ways to look forward to a long winter’s end. For some people, it’s the arrival of tulips and daffodils. For others, it’s the song of nesting birds. But for many, there’s only one kind of spring fever they know baby chick season. The United States Postal Service has been shipping chicks through the mail since 1918 and, until last summer, there’s only ever been a small contingent of people speaking out against it. Generally speaking, people either don’t know that hundreds of thousands of chicks are shipped every year to farms and individuals through the USPS or they’re the ones ordering them.