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Reason for His Players Not to Eat Chicken: 'It's a Nervous Bird'
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Harbaugh’s brother seems to be much more relaxed; not sure if John (?) ever had a successful playing career, but he seems much mellower.....
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I have a cousin (college athlete and Olympic volley ball player) that ate chicken all the time, as a light and healthy protein. She was tagged in a wiz quiz for having growth hormones in her system. Turned out they came from the chicken she was eating.
I have a friend that raises chickens in northern Arkansas. He tells me that back when his grandfather started the farm, it took almost six months (25 to 26 weeks) from egg to freezer for a frying hen. Now they use USDA approved growth hormones and he says it takes six weeks.
Just saying. There's more to worry about from eating chicken than you may think - but I seriously doubt that being a nervous bird should concern athletes is one of them.
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That why you buy chickens that aren't raised with hormones.
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It's hard to tell. Even "free range" or "organic" can still have certain levels in them. Plus antibiotics. I raise my own chickens for the eggs.
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How can you tell unless you actually see it. When you are at the store you have no idea how the chicken was raised.
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The USDA has strict regulations -- and they inspect regularly -- without prior notice.
Free-range chickens must have access to the outside and to food and water whenever they want it. The eggs aren't necessarily any better but the chicken's lives are.
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The USDA monitors and regularly tests those chickens.
The one to watch out for is "pasture raised" which is not USDA regulated term like the many other terms that are. You could be getting ripped on that one.
Here, in the Midwest, and being rural, I know many farmers who raise free-range, hormone-free and cage-free chickens for eggs or for meat. The cage-free isn't a good as the free-range. But, the USDA inspects all of those facilities -- endlessly, it seems.
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You are preaching to an empty canvas.