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henshaw
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Yellow Chickens
Can anyont tell me why the chunkyens in the mercados are yellow? We love chicken but are a little gun shy on yellow chickens?
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BAJA.DESERT.RAT
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ASIAN CHICKENS ? ISN'T THAT A chunkyEN ?
don't know how to do the smily thing !
BIEN SALUD, DA RAT
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BAJA.DESERT.RAT
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oops ! just did it !
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They haven't been dipped in bleach.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJA.DESERT.RAT
ASIAN CHICKENS ? ISN'T THAT A chunkyEN ?
don't know how to do the smily thing !
BIEN SALUD, DA RAT |
You got a bad case of xenophobia. Grow up.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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castaway$
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The inject the egg with yellow dye (yes I have chickens) and it makes a brilliantly colored attractive chick with big>>>>>> wait
going the wrong way! 
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BigWooo
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My wife read something recently that it's yellow because they're fed marigold flowers. We eat yellow chicken all the time. It's fine.
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sanquintinsince73
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Yellow birds haven't been fed hormones or injected with whatever they inject them with. Their good to go.
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irenemm
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Oh they are really good. Don't be scared they are safe. Sometimes they stop the importation of chicken from the States and that will be all you can
get.
Cost more but better flavor too.
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grace59
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I got one last year to roast whole. I, too, was really worried about why the chicken was so yellow. But I roasted it anyway and it was delicious!
Juicy! I just found this on line.
"Why are some chickens yellow skinned and some white?
A chicken's skin color comes from the diet it was fed and the same bird could have a white skin or a yellow skin, depending on what it ate. The diet
that produces a yellow skin is more expensive than the usual diet, but the people at Perdue Farms feel it's worth it because a yellow skin color is
one of the fastest ways Frank's inspectors have of finding and disqualifying an inferior bird. If a bird is sick or off its feed, it doesn't absorb
nutrients well and won't develop the rich golden color that is characteristic of Perdue birds. Also, if part of a bird's outer skin is "barked", that
is, rubbed off due to rough handling during processing, the Perdue inspectors can detect it more easily than with a white-skinned bird. "
Whenever I hear that rainy, chill wind blow. I think it may be time to head for Mexico. Tengo que obedecer mi corazon!
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Marigold flowers it is and you should see vast fields of them growing between Cd. Obregon and Culiacan. My hens get fed natural corn, rice, sunflower
seed, marigolds, and then they get to scratch all they want. The yolks are deep yellow and they literally stand off of the white. The yolks are
actually a bit resistant to punture or breakage, you really have to stab them. The hens get fed ground up oyster shell for a calcium supplement.
I learned the hard way to never purchase chicken without sticking my nose down close to the dressed bird. It should have a sweet aroma. If it smells
dank or acrid, the skin is reeking with bacteria and virus. Lysteria is the predominant pathogen and birds should be soaked in a solution of cold
water and a tablespoon of sodium hypoclorite (bleach) for fifteen minutes prior to be prepared for cooking or storage. Rinse the bird, pat it dry and
then go...
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BAJA.DESERT.RAT
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mcfez You got a bad case of xenophobia. Grow up.
I am grown up and am asian too !
did you see the smiley face !!!!!!!!
yep, i have a sense of humor !!
BIEN SALUD, DA RAT
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sanquintinsince73
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You all have got me missin' the yellow bird.....best tasting, juciest pollo around.IMHO
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"A chicken's skin color comes from the diet it was fed and the same bird could have a white skin or a yellow skin, depending on what it ate. The diet
that produces a yellow skin is more expensive than the usual diet"
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And There Are Black-Skinned Chickens in China
Highly prized and very expensive; they are said to yield a superior meat (yellow) and broth (normal-colored) for dishes.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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They are orgasmic chickens. None better or happier.
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You're blind too
| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJA.DESERT.RAT
mcfez You got a bad case of xenophobia. Grow up.
I am grown up and am asian too !
did you see the smiley face !!!!!!!!
yep, i have a sense of humor !!
BIEN SALUD, DA RAT |
Invite me over for dinner, with your family there too. I'll crack jokes about ASIAN CHICKENS ? ISN'T THAT A chunkyEN ....and see what the faces of the
children (and elder) look like after the "joke". If your response gonna be "they think the joke would be funny too"....then you need to be called
BAJA.DESERT.RAT.LONG NOSE.
[Edited on 10-11-2010 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
I learned the hard way to never purchase chicken without sticking my nose down close to the dressed bird. It should have a sweet aroma. If it smells
dank or acrid, the skin is reeking with bacteria and virus. Lysteria is the predominant pathogen and birds should be soaked in a solution of cold
water and a tablespoon of sodium hypoclorite (bleach) for fifteen minutes prior to be prepared for cooking or storage. Rinse the bird, pat it dry and
then go...
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same thing goes for the birds at Anthony;s
Bob Durrell
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
Marigold flowers it is and you should see vast fields of them growing between Cd. Obregon and Culiacan. My hens get fed natural corn, rice, sunflower
seed, marigolds, and then they get to scratch all they want. The yolks are deep yellow and they literally stand off of the white. The yolks are
actually a bit resistant to punture or breakage, you really have to stab them. The hens get fed ground up oyster shell for a calcium supplement.
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Yeah...I had heard that Marigolds will have an effect on the yolk, but not the bird itself.
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Baja&Back
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We have been told at various markets that it is the marigolds they are fed for the 2 weeks before packing.
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