The Truth About Poultry (Food Inc.)

In many cases , people cease to realize what they consume on a daily basis. It is a fact , that a third of the U.S. eats meat on a regular basis , whether its fast food , or just prepared at home. Chicken , being the most popular of all meats , is known more of its taste then it is for its species one would say. There has come a time where , poultry is known more of being a product of food , then it is a bird. Personally , i feel disgusted at how the food industry has portrayed many of the animals slaughtered on a daily basis , other then just chicken. Propaganda of healthy nutricious food with pictures of farms and cattle has deemed us to believe that everything we consume is made properly. Lies shroud and hover over the details that have been kept from us. It is time to reflect , and understand what exactly goes on behind the curtains that is the food industry. In the film "Food Inc." there was a clip in which they interviewed a women who owned her own farm in harvesting chickens. "We used to keep them in open coups , to let air circulate and let them stay healthy as well" said the women. But not before long , the corp. in which she had a contract with had issued her , closed circuit chicken coups. Not a spec of light could exit the coup , and god knows how the chicken would manage to live under such circumstances. If you guessed that it would be a mayhem , then you have guessed right. When the women would enter the coup to check on the chickens , some of the sights she would see would be of chickens who could not walk , were steril , and many of which were already dead. hygene is definitely an all time low when it comes to the coups. once the door shuts , theres no reason to clean up after the birds.at about 4 a.m. many factory sent courriers would arrive to pick up their products , which were these unstable chickens which would soon become the cornerstone of food products. Whether its fast food chains or supermarkets selling brands such as "Tyson"&"Perdue" , the majority of chickens that are consumed on a daily basis are of these poor sick birds. the "Tyson" chicken brand allows a minimum time limit of 48 days for the chicken to be deployed to factories. About 10,000 chickens per month are kept under this treatment. Indeed , should this cycle continue , Poultry as we know it will surely only be that of a food product , then a living species.