How can anyone buy from Costco??

[billybek]

Originally Posted by stevej37

"The lawsuit says Costco's rotisserie chickens are bred too big to stand on their own and suffer."

Does that make them "ground chicken"?

[craigster59]

The Costco chicken is their biggest "Loss Leader", second would be the $1.50 Hot Dog Deal.

[Bill Douglas]

Here in NZ most of the chicken sold in the supermarket is free range, or at least cage free. We tend to care about animal welfare around here. Fresh of the boat people are catered for with cheap caged and pumped full of antibiotics chickens, so their tastes are catered for as well.

[T77911S]

whats funny is their chickens dont look any bigger than any other chicken in any store store.

different breeds get to different sizes.

[jcommin]

Back in February of this year, the New York Times published an article on cheap chicken:

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007886421/factory-farming-chicken.html

Many years ago, I visited a chicken processing plant in Iowa. I was looking at their packaging lines as they shipped powdered eggs overseas. It was a very memorable experience. I didn't eat chicken for 6 months. The article brought back memories.

We are use to seeing chicken in plastic packages or in pieces at a meat counter. Nicely presented far removed from chicken processing reality.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

This is the norm with meat birds. They are so genetically modified that they grow to full size in under 3 months, their breasts and legs are 'designed' to be large.

What's better? This or eating egg birds that spend their life with 2 other chickens living in a wire cage that is about 2 foot cubed?

And people eat chicken because beef production is cruel...

6 weeks .. at 2 months they are over grown and unable to survive properly

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by masraum

I don't think most chickens bred for food lead what anyone would consider a good or pampered life.

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Last time I checked, the chicken I ate looked good and taste great. What’s the problem?

I've seen this French chicken (poulet Bresse) several times on travel and cooking programs. Known as the Rolls Royce of chicken and apparently has a much different flavor profile. They say it actually tastes like chicken whereas ours is a watered down overly plump version of chicken. I believe you can get similar birds here in USA.

[svandamme]

French supermarket chicken is already better then Belgian. Dutch chicken is water injected bland tasting.


Bresse is super tasty bird even compared to already great french regular chick

[stealthn]

2 million chicken a Week, good God!?

[911 Rod]

Originally Posted by craigster59

The Costco chicken is their biggest "Loss Leader", second would be the $1.50 Hot Dog Deal.

The hot dogs are where the chickens beaks and #ssholes go!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Here in NZ most of the chicken sold in the supermarket is free range, or at least cage free. We tend to care about animal welfare around here. Fresh of the boat people are catered for with cheap caged and pumped full of antibiotics chickens, so their tastes are catered for as well.

"Cage free" doesn't mean squat. None of the big boys keeps chickens in cages these days.

This is "cage free." It's not done for the benefit of the chickens.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by matthewb0051

I've seen this French chicken (poulet Bresse) several times on travel and cooking programs. Known as the Rolls Royce of chicken and apparently has a much different flavor profile. They say it actually tastes like chicken whereas ours is a watered down overly plump version of chicken. I believe you can get similar birds here in USA.

We get most of our chicken and eggs from a vendor at a farmers market in Houston.
This is their farm.

[creaturecat]

barely even chicken. at a certain point.
more like some form of greasy pigeon.
no thanks.

[Gretch]

Originally Posted by svandamme

6 weeks .. at 2 months they are over grown and unable to survive properly

Pahts is pahts............

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

The hot dogs are where the chickens beaks and #ssholes go!

Yumm!
And how do you get any value out of a 'hole'??

[URY914]

We should be talking about the size of the PEOPLE that shop at Costco, not the chickens sold there. America is fat.

[Seahawk]

There is no way to put a bow around meat production anywhere on the planet and call it a Christmas Present.

[Gretch]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

There is no way to put a bow around meat production anywhere on the planet and call it a Christmas Present.

My experience harvesting wild game has been pretty good, resulting in tasty meals and low stress for the "food".

Yeah, I get it. not everyone can stock their larder lie that.

[Tobra]

People offended by this story, all vegans I presume.

[stevej37]

Every part of a butchered animal is used for something...efficiency.