A Little Puzzle For You <smile>

[Elefino]

Then it eventually became exactly what you call battery farms - series of cages that hold anywhere from 8 to 30 hens each. A *very* crowded space and inhumane, in my opinion - the same way I view veal production.

Don't they have to "trim" the chickens' beaks so they don't peck each other to death?

[Old Dad]

Then it eventually became exactly what you call battery farms - series of cages that hold anywhere from 8 to 30 hens each. A *very* crowded space and inhumane, in my opinion - the same way I view veal production.

Don't they have to "trim" the chickens' beaks so they don't peck each other to death?

Exactly right, Joel. They do that as soon as the chicks are hatched.

[Greybeard]

Now at what point do they lose their fingers? Is this before or after they chop their nuggets?

[Old Dad]

Now at what point do they lose their fingers? Is this before or after they chop their nuggets?

The fingers are removed at about 8 weeks of age. It's done through a special process developed and patented by the McDonald Corp, International.

And trust me - you don't want to know ANYTHING about the nuggets!!!!!

(And the same goes for those birds genetically crossed with the American Bison to produce those special wings.) Some things are best kept as secrets, Ed.

[Greybeard]

Now at what point do they lose their fingers? Is this before or after they chop their nuggets?

The fingers are removed at about 8 weeks of age. It's done through a special process developed and patented by the McDonald Corp, International.

And trust me - you don't want to know ANYTHING about the nuggets!!!!!

(And the same goes for those birds genetically crossed with the American Bison to produce those special wings.) Some things are best kept as secrets, Ed.