Craig_Watts

No, I’m scared of God almighty and my daddy. That’s it.

Well, it does matter. If you’ve been paying attention to the news. There’s a lot of issues with food born illness with poultry. These chickens come loaded with salmonella, e coli and staff. Even if you don’t care about welfare, they’re getting sick because of the ways they’re raised. And that everyone should care about.

That’s the catch 22. If people eat less chicken then my peers will suffer. I think that the best thing is to push for changes. One the changes is that farmers need to get paid more. Farmers are treading water. People are losing money. It’s important to bring the decisions back to the farm. We can do it better. We can do it more efficient. Get it out of the boardroom 1000 miles away where the people there have no affection for farming.

We can give the consumer want they want. The company’s give them what they give them, and try to TELL them that is what they want.

You see a lot of different of labels, but at the end of the day it is usually the same product.

That's a long one, I'll try to respond to the different sections:

The claim in this video that floor litter is not changed in most farms for months or years seems extreme.

The reality is that it’s not practical to change the litter out manually, for me or for any farmer. I use a composting system. I’ve been using it for 4 years and Perdue has approved it and been supporting this system.

It does not look this way in real life.

Perdue didn’t even try to say this was faked!

there is going to be a natural mortality rate with any sort of animal like this. Again, with this farm being an extreme example, I highly doubt the living conditions contribute to this much on the average farm.

We’re talking about chicks that are coming in from the hatchery injured. They are mechanically injured from the hatchery. Plus, I’m allergic to shovels! They make me break out in hives.

The companies also send their own representatives to make sure you're adhering to health codes.

I’ve never been written up for violating any health codes.

this video is biased to show the worst of the worst.

I had nothing to gain from this. In fact I had a lot to lose.

With every breath in my body. Losing is not an option here. It’s just not.