Dave from MN
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Being a poultry grower I am curious what brands/companies you have in your areas. What brands do you have in the stores. who do you like. who do the growers in the area contract with. Just curious.
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ScottyHOMeY
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I think Turner still runs a couple of big egg operations in the state, but as far as meat chickens, that industry died here in Maine some years ago. Perdue, Tyson, and their own pig-headedness coupled with statutory guidance from our omniscient state legislature drove the Maine companies under. A lot of inspectors showed up in the postal service as re-instated federal employees.
The countryside is dotted with old chicken houses and most of the processing was done in Belfast. Those poor people, they were still holding their Broiler Festival for long years after the last plant shut down. I think that was Penobscot Poultry. But the town (my county seat) once billed itself as the broiler capital of the world.
On the upside, Belfast harbor is starting to draw more fancy boats into their moorings. The downside is that the harbor mud still oozes chicken fat that sticks to the hull of the yachts, so it will still be a while before Belfast lives down that reputation enough to draw the big yachts that will bring some real money into town.
The countryside is dotted with old chicken houses and most of the processing was done in Belfast. Those poor people, they were still holding their Broiler Festival for long years after the last plant shut down. I think that was Penobscot Poultry. But the town (my county seat) once billed itself as the broiler capital of the world.
On the upside, Belfast harbor is starting to draw more fancy boats into their moorings. The downside is that the harbor mud still oozes chicken fat that sticks to the hull of the yachts, so it will still be a while before Belfast lives down that reputation enough to draw the big yachts that will bring some real money into town.
Anonymous-0
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There's been a big chicken processing plant in my boyhood hometown as long as I can remember. Don't know who originally put it in, but it's been Arbor Acres, Arpac, Hudson Foods, and for the past several years it's been Tyson Foods. When I was in high school, the guys who were sleeping through English class were most likely on the crew catching chickens at night; now that job's done by Mexicans [legal? illegal? who can tell?] who ride to the farms on what look like prison buses, except for the Tyson logos.
buickanddeere
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Maple Leaf and Schnieders mostly.
Used to be Cold Creek from north of Toronto. Urbanites settled in the area so they could commute 3hrs per day in heavy traffic to Toronto.
The citites decided the farm which had been there 60 years previous was now causing the urbanites in their new subdivision,odor etc. Cold Creek didn't have the deep pockets to fight legal fees.
I raise my own fowl even though it costs twice as much as purchasing store birds.
Used to be Cold Creek from north of Toronto. Urbanites settled in the area so they could commute 3hrs per day in heavy traffic to Toronto.
The citites decided the farm which had been there 60 years previous was now causing the urbanites in their new subdivision,odor etc. Cold Creek didn't have the deep pockets to fight legal fees.
I raise my own fowl even though it costs twice as much as purchasing store birds.
john in la
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Our local growers all have contracts with Sanderson Farms.
In the store we mostly see Tyson.
For taste I like growing my own. Trying a slower growing chicken this year from J.M. Hatchery. It is a Lable Rouge type of chick.
J. M. Hatchery
In the store we mostly see Tyson.
For taste I like growing my own. Trying a slower growing chicken this year from J.M. Hatchery. It is a Lable Rouge type of chick.
J. M. Hatchery
fixerupper
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Sarah Lee turkeys in Storm Lake, Ia. is a turkey processor.
Rembrandt Enterprises at Rembrandt, Ia four miles from where I live has something like 6.5 million layers. Jim
Rembrandt Enterprises at Rembrandt, Ia four miles from where I live has something like 6.5 million layers. Jim
James Howell
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Pilgrim's Pride owned by multi-millionaire Bo Pilgrim.
So the story is told, as a young man he was a bootlegger arrested in the early 50's by my grandfather the Morris County sheriff.
Pilgrims Pride
So the story is told, as a young man he was a bootlegger arrested in the early 50's by my grandfather the Morris County sheriff.
Pilgrims Pride
Patrick Klise
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The big layer operation is Sparboe Farms of Litchfield MN about 50 miles west of Minneapolis.
Huge operation.
Huge operation.
ScottyHOMeY
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Lawd, where was my head?
You're absolutely right. It wasn't Turner, it was DeCoster and their operation in Turner,ME, that got in all the hot water. The illegals (back before folks thought they were a problem) spoke up about having to work sixteen hours a day (no overtime pay involved, bein' agricultural) whilst havin' to pay the company for livin' in unheated trailers with no runnin' water, and somebody actually bein' killed for complainin'. I'm no screamin' abundant but, legal or not, you don't treat people like that, never mind the killin'.
You're absolutely right. It wasn't Turner, it was DeCoster and their operation in Turner,ME, that got in all the hot water. The illegals (back before folks thought they were a problem) spoke up about having to work sixteen hours a day (no overtime pay involved, bein' agricultural) whilst havin' to pay the company for livin' in unheated trailers with no runnin' water, and somebody actually bein' killed for complainin'. I'm no screamin' abundant but, legal or not, you don't treat people like that, never mind the killin'.
Anonymous-0
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chickens around here, to dang many bobcats and coyotes. I just lost my last Guinea a couple days ago, found out to what just this morning. I looked out my kitchen window about 9:30 this morning and danged if there wasn't a bobcat lying by my propane tank next to the driveway. Then my tomcat that has been gone tomcat'n for the last two months came out from behind the tank and stood next to the bobcat. They acted like they knew each other, and I wouldn't put it past that damn tomcat telling the bobcat he knew where he could find a nice plump loudmouth guinea for his supper. I grabbed the .22 hornet and went out the back door and there were "two" bobcats in the yard, they ran in to the CRP field next to the yard and I lost them in the tall CRP grass. Got a good mind to shoot that damn tomcat, if he wasn't such a good mouse-r I would. Never heard of a bobcat and a house cat pal'n around before, but often wondered if they did.
Here in western KY we have become a hot bet of chicken activity the last 15 years. Tyson is here where I am. If you go an hour south east you find Perdue, another hour and you find Cagle growers. Two hours south west and there's Pilgram's Pride down around Mayfield, and a little further that way and you find Tyson growers again out of Union City.
Dave
Dave
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I feed our three cats in the garage every morning around 4 to 5 am. A raccoon was at the feed bowl twice and the cats were there also. the raccoon lumbered out of the garage (he was pretty fat) and one of the cats was kinda walking along with him. (I raise friendly animals)
Anonymous-0
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I've had the possums and coons eating with the cats on the back porch, but couldn't believe that tomcat was hanging around with that bobcat this morning. The bobcat was about the same size as the tomcat, the other bobcat that I didn't see until I went out was much bigger than the tomcat.
We've got Kopp Turkey here, a few years ago a farm magazine listed them as one of the 100 largest farms. They objected that the processing plant shouldn't be considered as farm. Most employees are locals, the plant is located across a gravel operation from Campbell-Hausfeld and Wayne pumps. At Thanksgiving and Christmas they sell fresh turkeys out the front door of the plant. It looks funny with an inflated turkey on the roof.
in-too-deep
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We just get Gold-n-Plumb up here. Every time I get some of that chicken I think of ya.
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