Today, I'm going to blog about chickens, particularly commercially raised chickens. I know most people buy chickens from supermarkets, fresh markets and minority from the farmers directly. What about these so called 'fresh chickens'? It's often labeled in supermarkets, hypermarkets, grocery outlets and even called 'Ayam Kampung' in fresh markets as fresh free range chickens. The thing is, how much truth is behind all the labeling from these sellers?
I remember that I used to buy so called free range @ ayam kampung in fresh market around my neighborhood a few years back. After a few weeks of investing on so called free range chickens from the fresh market, I started to notice something fishy and was disappointed on what I discovered. What I found, was a brown burn marks on the legs of the chicken. First thing that hit me, hockburn! Damn it! Isn't these chickens are suppose to be breed and raised on non commercial farms? Could I have missed the last batches of chickens I bought months back? Or maybe I was unlucky not to have purchased the 'uninfected' chickens?
Now, what is hockburn? Well, it is a common disease where chickens squat on dirty wet litter consist of ammonia and uric acid. The waste of other birds(chickens) burn the skin of the legs and joints as well. This usually occurs in commercial farming or broiler farms where hundreds and thousands of large flock of chickens are raised with poor, congested, dirty and disease infested environment. So, how would you know if you are really buying a free range organically raised chickens? Look out for hockburns on the lower extremities of the chicken, but it may be found on the breast of the chicken as well. Once you found hockburn on that brand of the chicken sold, or from the same farmer, it is time to buy from a different seller.
How about coccidiosis? It is a parasitic disease which largely affect animals especially poultry. The parasite lives and multiply in the intestinal tract of the chickens and causes tissue damage, poor digestion, dehydration and blood loss. If you want to know more about this parasitic disease, go google yourself and enjoy a good read. Below are also some of the medical research and studies which relates to both hockburn and coccidiosis.
Always remember, if you eat sick animals, you will be as sick as these poor little living species. There is no health in eating unhealthy animals. Rest in peace, those poor obese chickens with skinny weak legs, being fed with pesticides contaminated foods, pumped with antibiotics and synthetic growth hormones.
Now, what is hockburn? Well, it is a common disease where chickens squat on dirty wet litter consist of ammonia and uric acid. The waste of other birds(chickens) burn the skin of the legs and joints as well. This usually occurs in commercial farming or broiler farms where hundreds and thousands of large flock of chickens are raised with poor, congested, dirty and disease infested environment. So, how would you know if you are really buying a free range organically raised chickens? Look out for hockburns on the lower extremities of the chicken, but it may be found on the breast of the chicken as well. Once you found hockburn on that brand of the chicken sold, or from the same farmer, it is time to buy from a different seller.
How about coccidiosis? It is a parasitic disease which largely affect animals especially poultry. The parasite lives and multiply in the intestinal tract of the chickens and causes tissue damage, poor digestion, dehydration and blood loss. If you want to know more about this parasitic disease, go google yourself and enjoy a good read. Below are also some of the medical research and studies which relates to both hockburn and coccidiosis.
Always remember, if you eat sick animals, you will be as sick as these poor little living species. There is no health in eating unhealthy animals. Rest in peace, those poor obese chickens with skinny weak legs, being fed with pesticides contaminated foods, pumped with antibiotics and synthetic growth hormones.
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| Broiler/Commercial Farm |
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| HockBurns |
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| Fast foods/Commercial chickens...obese, sick and malnutrition |
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| Am I obese?? I can't walk! |
Studies/Research:
HockBurn
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17578688 - Division of Farm Animal Science, School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21498198 - Department of Musculoskeletal Biology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Neston, Cheshire
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20954018 - Department of Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Neston, UK
Coccidiosis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22925822 - Animal Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16451116 - Animal & Natural Resources Institute, BARC-East, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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