{"id":16351,"date":"2014-05-28T17:57:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T17:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16351"},"modified":"2014-05-28T17:57:24","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T17:57:24","slug":"scalped-chickens-from-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/scalped-chickens-from-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Scalped chickens from Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>some call them the genetic one<\/p>\n<p>the great creator though<\/p>\n<p>just says they are featherless<\/p>\n<p>I suppose he ought to know<\/p>\n<p>its all about hot countries<\/p>\n<p>and how the feathered brood<\/p>\n<p>wander about in the tropics<\/p>\n<p>and end up well half stewed<\/p>\n<p>and so this great professor<\/p>\n<p>decided what he&#8217;d do<\/p>\n<p>is reduce the overcoats they wear<\/p>\n<p>and so he took the view<\/p>\n<p>to breed a broiler faster<\/p>\n<p>with intensive feed so they<\/p>\n<p>grew so blood fast infact<\/p>\n<p>that their feathers didn&#8217;t play<\/p>\n<p>the part they might have otherwise have played<\/p>\n<p>and so now we<\/p>\n<p>can save time and save money<\/p>\n<p>and that is good to see<\/p>\n<p>the waste is also saved for no more feathers<\/p>\n<p>in the bin<\/p>\n<p>water fat and feathers<\/p>\n<p>a farmer cannot win<\/p>\n<p>having to dump that slurry<\/p>\n<p>and so to save the time<\/p>\n<p>has to be a godsend<\/p>\n<p>worthy of my rhyme<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>but honestl;y those chickens<\/p>\n<p>in colder places will<\/p>\n<p>shiver like the clappers<\/p>\n<p>and if they are ever still<\/p>\n<p>they will catch their death I think<\/p>\n<p>out in the cold rain<\/p>\n<p>no feather to absorb it<\/p>\n<p>its going to be a strain<\/p>\n<p>the saving of the pluckers<\/p>\n<p>thats a big lump too<\/p>\n<p>I have heard of bald eagles<\/p>\n<p>now we have bald chickens who<\/p>\n<p>can wander in the farmyard<\/p>\n<p>perhaps have a tattoo<\/p>\n<p>perhaps a spot of sunbathing<\/p>\n<p>or whatever does accrue<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>some call them the genetic one the great creator though just says they are featherless I suppose he ought to know its all about hot countries and how the feathered brood wander about in the tropics and end up well &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/scalped-chickens-from-israel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chickens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16352,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16351\/revisions\/16352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}