Eat eggs to live a long life

[Goodfellers]

I couldn't resist posting this about worlds oldest woman

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39610937

Quote from article;

But it was also down to a rather unusual diet of three eggs - two raw - each day for more than 90 years.
My favorite quote

Her doctor of 27 years, Carlo Bava, had told AFP news agency that she rarely ate vegetables or fruit.

So eating lots of eggs and avoiding fruit and veg you are able to live to 117, goes against a lot of 'research' posted on here!

Happy Easter everyone

[Rheghead]

A domesticated hen has been selectively bred to ovulate 25 times more than its ancestor in the wild. If hens could speak then that would make one moody hen. Also they need to be fed vast amount of added calcium in their diet, that is the equivalent of us having to eat 300g of limestone grit, that would also make us pretty gloomy.

The recommended daily intake of cholesterol is 300mg per day, an egg contains 185mg. It is high in cholesterol which raises our risk of coronary heart disease.


Hens get exhausted from the continuous production of eggs leading to their premature death. They lose 10% of their calcium in their skeletons to produce each egg. They also suffer from fatty livers and ovarian cancers to produce the eggs for you.

Hens are often kept in cramped conditions. Some even cannibalise each other for space and food.

Virtually all hens are killed after 18 months of laying due to exhaustion, the natural lifespan of a chicken is 10-20 years.

It takes 3 kg of grain to produce 1 kg of eggs and 200 litres of water to produce one egg. Hen faeces has a huge amount of ammonia that leaches into groundwater. That has a huge environmental impact on our countryside in terms of biodversity loss and carbon footprint.

The consumption of eggs has also been linked to diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

60 billion of male chickens are routinely killed each year by gassing, suffocation, put into a grinder beause they are unwanted. Though the latest fad is to dye them a pretty colour and give them away as Easter gifts.

Happy Easter everyone

[Goodfellers]

YAWN (yes, big text, again) Back to ag college for you, as a farmer you would be broke within a month if your feed consumption figures were even close. You are clearly obsessed with learning all you can about poultry farming, so I have attached a management guide for you to read, few years out of date but it will give you some idea about the correct facts.

Enjoy

[Goodfellers]

44 gallons of water per egg......are you mad!!!!

[Rheghead]

44 gallons of water per egg......are you mad!!!!

Actually that is about the amount of water to produce one egg.

That’s right, every single egg requires an average of 53 gallons of water to produce. Chickens require water-intensive grain feed (about two pounds per every pound of chicken protein produced) as well as water for drinking and irrigation.

https://qz.com/171698/it-takes-53-ga...-a-single-egg/

[Rheghead]

200 litres/53 gallons of water for 1 egg

http://everylittledrop.com.au/knowle...ter-footprint/

[sids]

Actually that is about the amount of water to produce one egg.



https://qz.com/171698/it-takes-53-ga...-a-single-egg/

I might worry about using water if it didn't rain every bloody day.