Today, July 11th, is Chicken Day.

And here is something that you may have wondered about all your life: Why - on the same bird - is there BOTH white and dark meat??

Well. Harummmmmph [clears throat]

It is because dark meat, the thighs and legs, contains a large amount of myoglobin proteins, which provide oxygen to the muscles.

Chickens use their thigh and leg muscles frequently, so that area requires a higher supply of oxygen, which in turn results in dark meat. A chicken rarely uses its breast or wing muscles, so the meat is white. While white meat is lower in fat, dark meat contains more zinc, riboflavin, thiamin, and iron. But dark meat has more cholesterol and about 25% more claories than its lighter counterpart.

DAMN, now I am hungary...

It still doesnt answer they question, why did the chicken cross the road??

Why?

Well, in Key West, Florida, it is because they are protected by law.

Some 2,000 chickens roam this island community freely, a leftover legacy from the days when c o c k fighting was legal.
Once the practice was banned, the newly freed birds wandered the island, bred, and became as common as pigeons in New York City. The novelty of free-roaming chickens increased tourism, so the local government declared the Key West chickens to be a "protected species".

And did you know that chickens can't get chickenpox?

In fact, the "chicken" nickname for the disease properly known as varicella came about because it was less deadly than smallpox. However, a possible complication of chickenpox, shingles, is not uncommon in poultry and can be fatal to the birds.

Just call out for Super Chicken! BRAKKK

It's funny, I read these exact same things today at lunch while eating a chicken sub at Quiznos I've never picked up that little newspaper before, but dang, it had more information about chickens than I ever really cared to know!

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Originally posted by THANKUVETS:
DAMN, now I am hungary...

It still doesnt answer they question, why did the chicken cross the road??

DUMMY!!

To show the amadillo that it can be done.

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Originally posted by myguybri:
It's funny, I read these exact same things today at lunch while eating a chicken sub at Quiznos I've never picked up that little newspaper before, but dang, it had more information about chickens than I ever really cared to know!

Hush, you have uncovered The Wizard's source of wisdom!



And YOU thought it was me.....

You ruined my whole thinking. I always thought it was the cat mmyself, now I find out different.

Gloom, dispair, excessive misery.

Well, heh, yes but... you now know more about chickens than you ever did. Now what else was weighing heavily on your mind??

I knw a lot about chickens befor. I used to have 50 layers, and one old nasty cranky rooster.

I want to know more about cats.

Two legged ones!!!!

Like this one Hutch?


She likes to have her ears scratched.

AMEN hutch, used to raise them to sell... At one time I have over 100 chickens and several roosters, had one that was just horrible... LOL

But were they free range chickens? Maybe they were just unhappy and needed a psychiatrist. Who knows how their mother treated them.....

You know how yer not supposed to name poulty or live stock lest you become emotionally attached and what have you. Well i ain't got the problem. I've named chickens before with no problem and heres a short list.

Soup
Broiler
Fryer
Roaster
Nuggets
Strips

Well I guess you get the idea, last ornery goat I dealt with we renamed dinner.

Yepper naming the critters helps, helps you to remember that their soon to be victuals.

ohhhhhhh.... thanks.

I didn't uncover anything except your phenomenal writing abilities - you wrote that article yourself, didn't you?

who else fell asleep during the chicken lecture?

Ah, Snarky remarks could only be...

Hey everyone, say hello to Duck Soup.

Yes Barry. That one will do just fine.

I wonder just how much OC looks like that?

Oh well, I guess I was just dreaming again.