The Effects of Banana Pulp Feed to Broiler Chicken

Many years ago, backyard chickens were commonplace throughout the United States of America – mainly for nutrition. During that time, backyard chickens were easy to take care of and a small number of them could feed a family with meat and eggs for a bargain. Years later, manufacturing food became the way of life and

Chickens used for egg production typically live in one of many battery cages crammed into a long windowless shed. Ten or more of these hens are packed together in a cage that is about the size of a drawer in a filing cabinet. This causes frustration and fighting between the hens. To keep this from happening, farmers often cut or burn part of their beaks off without medicine to dull the pain. Hens who become sick are usually not given proper veterinary care and are left to die slowly and painfully. Some of the eggs laid by the hens are hatched by another industry to supply more chickens for egg production. Since the hatched male chicks cannot lay eggs, they are often killed by grinding or suffocation. When the hens grow old and stop producing as many eggs, many farmers will deny them proper nutrition to try and “shock” their bodies into laying eggs one last time. Then they are slaughtered and their bodies are used for food scraps.

In a 2012 gallup poll, only 5% of the U.S. is vegetarian and 2% is vegan(Newport). As animal products continue to be consumed, chickens, have enlarged in size over the last couple of decades. An article written on The Washington Post by Roberto A Ferdman said that Americans are eating less red meat, but more white meat. He states,”the obsession with chicken—which has lasted more than 30 years already—shows no sign of stopping”.(Ferdman Para 1). Chickens are being modified to have more mass, more meat, and be bigger in size.

G.T. Klein, "Housing Your Turkeys." In Starting Right with Turkeys, 123. New York: Macmillan Company, 1946.

Out of all the meats, chicken is chosen because of the high demand for it in comparison to others. For instance, Australians average out on consuming 46.2 grams of chicken per day, this being the leading meat eaten. The predecessor

Descriptive statistics are shown in Table 1 and 2. Ham was the largest primal cut for both breeds, and loin was the smallest. Loin and ham was also the primal cuts with largest differences between breeds where Duroc had the largest ham, and Landrace the largest loin. Duroc had also a slightly smaller belly and larger shoulder compared to Landrace. Landrace showed the largest variance in primal cut proportions. Duroc had a lower CLMP compared to Landrace, and this was reflected in the LMP within each primal cut where the largest differences were seen for LMP within loin and ham. Duroc had larger variation in lean content (%) in loin, shoulder and belly compared to Landrace. Further, Duroc had a lower measure for loin depth and a higher measure

Over the past week, I was able to observe our Broiler Flock for the final time this semester. It has been nearly two weeks since I last observed our birds and over those two weeks they have undergone some significant changes. The birds have become very accustomed to us and whenever we spend time inside the houses they are very rarely frightened unless provoked. Over the semester we have tested the effects of lighting, stocking density, and bird sex on our flock and recorded the results. During the first few weeks of growth I assumed that the birds being raised in the bright pens would easily outpace the birds in the darker pens in terms of overall size and weight. Visually the size and weight between the two pens are minimal and barely noticeable.

c. In group V the best food in the chart above was the Simple Truth Natural Chicken Breast. The chicken breast was the best food in the group for two reasons. One being that it contained large amounts of proteins, around 50% of the necessary amount for the average sedentary human. Also, it contained less calories per gram than any other food in the group, around 1.01 cal/1g.

Layers practically spent their youth to maturity confined in cages no bigger than their bodies. The cages are densely packed next and on top of one another. Laying hens are frequently starved to maximize their eggs production. The goal is to maximize production with amount of effort. The way I see it: It is like life in prison for those hens. They cannot move and even flap their wings. Living in overcrowded area, it is a natural tendency for the birds to peck at each other. To solve that problem, new born chicks will get part of their top beaks cut off without any painkillers. Many chicks experience pain and unable eat for days. When hens can no longer produce eggs, they are killed and sent elsewhere. Why would one kill those hens? Can we still use them for

Chickens have to endure suffering that no living thing should have to go through. The egg laying chickens have to be forced into tiny cages without enough room to stretch their wings. Up to 8 hens are crammed in to a cage that is the size of a folded newspaper, about

Imagine being cramped in with many other chickens in a tiny, barred cage. You are allowed minimal time outside, and this space is restricted to the size of an A4 piece of paper. You are malnourished, disease-ridden, and exposed to horrible conditions. You may not even see the light of day.

In the book, Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World (2008), Dan Koeppel talks about the historical background of banana. He also talks about its’ importance to African farmers and its’ importance to Latin America and Asia in economic terms. He describes that a disease called blight has caused serious threats to banana crops, as it is rapidly destroying the banana crops around the world (Koeppel, 2008). In this book, the author describes the role of two mega companies; Dole and Chiquita. They are committing massacres in the name of producing cheap banana. In Latin, America Chiquita is exploiting the labor. It also supports

“Historically, the banana trade symbolized economic imperialism, injustices in the global trade market, and the exploitation of agriculture-dependent third-world countries”(2). However, they remain to be one of the most profitable items in grocery stores. Making bananas crucial to economic and global food stability for countries all over the world. They are the third largest staple crop, coming only after wheat and coffee. Since bananas are such a sought after fruit, many companies have gone to extensive lengths in the to fight for a share of the market. Chiquita Brands International was one of the pioneer companies to try and globalize bananas. They took a risk and made some very critical mistakes along the way.

Prior to 1994, Europe accounted for nearly 40% of world banana imports by volume, of which roughly 60% came from Latin America, the primary location of Chiquita Brand International’s banana production. However, in 1993, a common banana import policy, council Regulation (EEC) 404/93, became effective four

Backyard poultry rearing also finds an important role to raise indigenous birds free of stress and harmful residues (Khandekar 2003, Mandal et al. 2006).