2.75 for a whole chicken!

whelan1

tesco are currently selling chickens at 2.75 , admittedly this is half price .. centra where selling them last week at 3 euro... are the farmers who sell these to them making any money on them at all. How young are these chickens and are they full of antibiotics etc. Was reading about them over on another forum and most people are avoiding them , but in the current economic situation we are in they are selling like hotcakes , whats your opinion?

bbam

It's shocking...

Half price, 2 for 1 or whatever... It's a form of below cost selling which is bad for the whole production chain, the animals and the customer as well.

You have to make an effort to ensure the chicken is from Ireland in the first place and then as you say, god knows how any producer can make money..

I might like sound like my grandfather but Tesc0 and the likes are bad for food production. Particularly in harder times as people are essentially cornered into shopping there

LostCovey

bbam wrote: »

It's shocking...

Half price, 2 for 1 or whatever... It's a form of below cost selling which is bad for the whole production chain, the animals and the customer as well.

You have to make an effort to ensure the chicken is from Ireland in the first place and then as you say, god knows how any producer can make money..

I might like sound like my grandfather but Tesc0 and the likes are bad for food production. Particularly in harder times as people are essentially cornered into shopping there

Bet there's a fair few of those chickens in farm kitchen fridges tonight. Sitting shivering on their polystyrene trays, with their €2.75 price tags, listening to people giving out about the price of cattle........

LC

00112984

LostCovey wrote: »

Bet there's a fair few of those chickens in farm kitchen fridges tonight. Sitting shivering on their polystyrene trays, with their €2.75 price tags, listening to people giving out about the price of cattle........

Agree.

Wouldn't buy a €2.75 chicken myself (or any chicken from a supermarket, for that matter) but I remember years ago being in a local shop and hearing a farmer complaining about the locals not buying "local" milk and then the next day seeing his wife walking out of Lidl with a trolley load of NI milk.

Birdnuts

00112984 wrote: »

Agree.

Wouldn't buy a €2.75 chicken myself (or any chicken from a supermarket, for that matter)

Indeed - there's probably more nutrition in moist cardboard then a supermarket "value" chicken:(. I don't understand people who think its "great" value to eat this sort of stuff. The costs in terms of poor health, depression and poor mental development in children will always outway buying this type of muck to defile ones digestion system:(

PS: On channel 4 back a few years ago one of these "chickens" was tested against a free-range bird to compare nutrition levels. On average the "value" bird had 5 to 10 times less nutrients such as omega 3(vital for kids brain development and IQ), zinc, various vitamins etc. compared to the bird who had access to outdoor herbage/grass. IMO its a matter of how much you value your families health!!

LostCovey

Birdnuts wrote: »

On average the "value" bird had 5 to 10 times less nutrients such as omega 3(vital for kids brain development and IQ)

Bit of a vicious circle, if buying cheap chicken lowers the IQ of the next generation. They will hardly look past the price, will they?

LC

Birdnuts

LostCovey wrote: »

Bit of a vicious circle, if buying cheap chicken lowers the IQ of the next generation. They will hardly look past the price, will they?

LC

I know - and thats whats so depressing. Could also explain the sorry state of the country in general ie. dodgy politicians constantly being re-elected, crooked bankers walking away with golden handshakes, useless sycophantic media etc.:(

bbam

LostCovey wrote: »

Bet there's a fair few of those chickens in farm kitchen fridges tonight. Sitting shivering on their polystyrene trays, with their €2.75 price tags, listening to people giving out about the price of cattle........

LC

maybe so... but that doesn't make it right

Corsendonk

bbam wrote: »

maybe so... but that doesn't make it right

Where they Irish or Norm Iron chickens?

The animal health standards have increased following customer feedbacks. I know the factories and some farmers get an animal welfare audit now. The chicken industry seems to have gone the way of most of farming, 2-3 large chicken suppliers supplying most of the multiples.

blue5000

''Bet there's a fair few of those chickens in farm kitchen fridges tonight. Sitting shivering on their polystyrene trays, with their €2.75 price tags, listening to people giving out about the price of cattle........''


Round here any farmer that commits suicide is unofically referred to as a t*sco martyr

LostCovey

blue5000 wrote: »

''Bet there's a fair few of those chickens in farm kitchen fridges tonight. Sitting shivering on their polystyrene trays, with their €2.75 price tags, listening to people giving out about the price of cattle........''


Round here any farmer that commits suicide is unofically referred to as a t*sco martyr

Doesn't sound like a nice place.

LC

Sam Kade

Two weeks ago my local Tesco were selling whole chickens for €1 each.

reilig

My neighbour has a chicken shed that holds 6000 chickens at a time. They are bought in at 2 days old and sold for killing at exactly 6 weeks. They are kept in the shed at 21 degrees heat which promotes growth. They are fed on a conveyor belt ad lib and given as much water as they want. Some of the chickens get too heavy for their legs to support them at 4 to 5 weeks - they are disposed of. 6 weeks from chick to plate is not natural. If you visited his farm, it would open your eyes and you would never buy supermarket chicken again :eek:. He says that he can make about 2000 euro in profit every 7 weeks from the shed.

snowman707

reilig wrote: »

If you visited his farm, it would open your eyes and you would never buy supermarket chicken again :eek:. .

OH is in the kitchen preparing chicken portions for lunch, stuffed, glazed, and wrapped in bacon and roasted in tin foil.

Don't know where it came from , but i am going to enjoy it

I remember the free range chickens we used to have years , we used to nearly eat bones and all.

jap gt

reilig wrote: »

My neighbour has a chicken shed that holds 6000 chickens at a time. They are bought in at 2 days old and sold for killing at exactly 6 weeks. They are kept in the shed at 21 degrees heat which promotes growth. They are fed on a conveyor belt ad lib and given as much water as they want. Some of the chickens get too heavy for their legs to support them at 4 to 5 weeks - they are disposed of. 6 weeks from chick to plate is not natural. If you visited his farm, it would open your eyes and you would never buy supermarket chicken again :eek:. He says that he can make about 2000 euro in profit every 7 weeks from the shed.

where does he send them to be killed

glanman

reilig wrote: »

My neighbour has a chicken shed that holds 6000 chickens at a time. They are bought in at 2 days old and sold for killing at exactly 6 weeks. They are kept in the shed at 21 degrees heat which promotes growth. They are fed on a conveyor belt ad lib and given as much water as they want. Some of the chickens get too heavy for their legs to support them at 4 to 5 weeks - they are disposed of. 6 weeks from chick to plate is not natural. If you visited his farm, it would open your eyes and you would never buy supermarket chicken again :eek:. He says that he can make about 2000 euro in profit every 7 weeks from the shed.

He makes 14k profit from this shed in a year, not quite impressive in these terms, hope he has more than one shed

reilig

jap gt wrote: »

where does he send them to be killed

A lorry and mini bus pull up at his house at 3am. 10 catchers on the bus. They load them all into cages and they are brought to a facility in Monaghan (I Think) Takes less than 3 hours to catch and cage 6000.

reilig

glanman wrote: »

He makes 14k profit from this shed in a year, not quite impressive in these terms, hope he has more than one shed

He has 5.