Mud Valley Memories
Can you guess what this truck is carrying? You probably wouldn't expect that it's packed with hundreds of live chickens. Holmes County is famous for raising cage-free chickens. One of our neighbors had a huge poultry barn. The chicks would be brought in and kept under heat lamps for several weeks. We got to see them once and even hold the chicks. There were only 35,000 of them in each chicken house. The chickens run free in the house and have access to fresh air. After they are grown, they are packed in a truck and sent to the processor. Although we have moved away from Holmes County, we still buy these delicious chickens which are processed and sold by Gerber's Poultry.
6 comments:
Wow, that's a lot of chickens.
Must be a pretty good business. A big truck like that looks out of place on a back country road!
Do you really notice a difference from the regular store chickens?
It must be quite a ride for those birds!
Nice the chickens aren't stuck in cages all of the time, but that truck sure does look out of place!
in one truck how many live birds can be accomodated normally
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