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Who owns all the chickens?

  • 20-06-2018 8:36pm
    #1
    May Contain Small Parts
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    I'm not a farmer (obviously), I was just wondering about something.

    As far as I know, most chicken in Ireland is processed by companies like Manor Farm. But how does this work?

    Do farmers buy in chickens themselves, raise them and then go looking for a buyer? Do they have contracts with the companies that they're going to buy what they(the farmer) produce for X no. of years for such-and-such a price?

    Or is it totally different? Maybe the companies own the chickens all the way through and they're just sub-contracting farmers to house and feed them for a few weeks?

    Anyway, thanks.
    Just curious.


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  • #2
    anthony500_1
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    May Contain Small Parts wrote:
    Or is it totally different? Maybe the companies own the chickens all the way through and they're just sub-contracting farmers to house and feed them for a few weeks?


    Pretty much I believe that's it in a nut shell.one company(farmer) hatches the chicks, then the next company(farmer) just keeps them alive from day old chicks, to slaughter. And get paid a set rate once the birds met there weights etc on time.

    Smaller producers May differ but the big opersters work this way, to the best of my knowledge


  • #3
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    This Teagasc article gives a fairly good overview of poultry rearing in Ireland etc

    https://www.teagasc.ie/rural-economy/rural-development/poultry/


  • #4
    May Contain Small Parts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 124 ✭✭May Contain Small Parts


    Thanks for the answers.

    I'm familiar enough with the broad strokes and what the inside of a chicken house looks like, I was just curious about this one part of the business:
    so...does ownership of chickens change anywhere along the line? (between hatching and packing) When they arrive at the farms as day-olds are the farmers actually "buying" them?


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