Chickens eat a lot of chicken poop too!

Poultry feathers rendered in a pressure vessel consist of something like 70% 
protein. The 400 degree, high pressure process probably kills off organic 
bugs.

It has to be better than hauling it to a landfill.

BTW, I eat a lot of chicken myself!

John Ferrell
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Newtons Massmind" <jamesnewton@massmind.org>
To: "'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'" <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:55 PM
Subject: RE: [OT]on ebay,one guy just said "don't ship to Canada due to the 
risk of MadCowDisease"


> People who cut themselves off for silly reasons are punishing themselves
> enough. There is no need to take it as an insult, he is insulting himself 
> on
> your behalf.
>
> And the USA is CERTAINLY not ahead of Canada on safety issues for food.
>
> Guess what the #1 feed for cows in the USA is? No, cow brains are used
> indirectly, but mostly, it is chicken poop. They cook it to 160 degrees 
> and
> then mix in grains etc...
>
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/158359_feed28.html
> http://www.mycattle.com/news/dsp_topstories_article.cfm?storyid=13563
> Cattle feed is often a sum of animal parts. When the FDA banned cattle 
> feed
> from containing most byproducts of cattle, sheep and goats, the loophole 
> was
> that chicken feed could still have that and cattle could be fed chicken
> feces, poultry feathers, cow blood or other parts of pigs, horses, fish,
> cattle and just about any animal part unfit for human consumption.
>
> In January of 2004 the FDA moved to ban feeds containing cattle blood and
> poultry litter, which includes manure. But the outcry was so strong that
> they rescinded that rule. As far as I know, this is still the case.
>
> Feed can still include parts of pigs, fish, chicken, horses, even cats or
> dogs. And some of those animals -- before being rendered and mixed up for
> cattle feed -- are raised on food containing the same cow parts now banned
> from cattle consumption.
>
> Additionally, there is nothing to prevent factory cattle farms from 
> directly
> feeding their cattle with chicken shit or other items which can not be 
> SOLD
> as feed. This is a big deal because many chicken factories will actually 
> PAY
> to have chicken poop removed. Since it is not being SOLD as feed, feeding 
> it
> to cows violates no law.
>
> To some degree, every thing is recycled or "rendered" in nature. All the
> parts of a dead chicken in the wild would be recovered in the growth of
> plants, worms, bugs and other things which might be eaten by other 
> chickens.
>
>
> But the point is that the larger the difference between the consumer and 
> the
> by-products produced by the donor, the smaller the chance the something
> "bad" will happen. Feeding cow to cows has proven to be catastrophic.
> Feeding one animal to another is less so, but the best would be to feed
> animal parts to plants before feeding those plants to other (or the same)
> animals.
>
> http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/chicken.html You don't want to see this.
> It shows the reality of the egg production industry. Did you know that in
> some hatcheries the male chicks (which have no value) are ground up and 
> fed
> to the female chicks?
>
> http://www.njfarms.org/njhs.htm The animal cruelty laws in NJ will send 
> you
> to jail if you fail to feed your pet for a few days... Unless you are a
> farmer, and then you can starve your hens for 2 weeks to force molting and
> start a new egg laying cycle.
>
> http://www.factoryfarming.com/health_more.htm Human Health risks from
> factory farming. This organization is pushing for vegan diets, but they do
> admit that small, family farms are a better choice if you will eat meat.
>
> http://www.bancruelfarms.org/meatrix/ The Meatrix Moovie.
>
> ---
> James.
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu
>> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of microsoftwarecontrol
>> Sent: 2006 Apr 25, Tue 07:46
>> To: piclist@mit.edu
>> Subject: [OT]on ebay,one guy just said "don't ship to Canada
>> due to the risk of Mad CowDisease"
>>
>> what is his real meaning?
>> is this an offense?
>>
>> reading this I feel badly, although it relates very little to me
>>
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