Winnipeg Group Seeks Backyard Chicken Option

Darby Jones moved a small step closer last week toward enabling Winnipeggers to do what many rural Manitobans do: raise chickens in their backyards. A Winnipeg civic committee voted to refer Jones’s backyard chicken petition to a city council committee for further study. The Riel Community Committee passed the issue on to the city’s standing

Reviving Interest In Farm Poultry

“I think that’s kinda’ cool, actually. But that’s coming from a lady who has probably 500 in her yard.” – KATHY BRUNEAU The bleachers were overflowing at the Manitoba Poultry, Rabbit and Pet Stock Association’s annual auction and bidding was brisk as 250 boxes of chickens, ducks and geese and up to 40 more containing


MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

CLUCK & QUACK POULTRY Club’s First Annual Spring Auction, Sat, May 1st 12:00 noon. CPTC Grounds on Hwy #302 in Beausejour. Entrance off Mile Rd #71. Contact Susan (204)268-1459 or email [email protected] EXOTIC BIRDS, 4 Partridge Cochin hens, 1 Silver Dorking rooster & one hen, 1 Lakenvelder rooster & 1 hen, Roosters $15, Hens $10;

U. S. Meat Trade Should Not Count On China, Russia

“(Vladimir) Putin himself made a comment about the U. S. having to meet Russian standards. Now, if the chicken industry gets the attention of Putin, that is a little different ball game than what we have had to deal with in the past.” – Joe Sanderson, Sanderson Farms U. S. meat companies have banked on



U. S. Chicken Needs New Markets

The U. S. chi cken industry needs another home run, similar to the one that took the once lowly chicken wing and turned it into a football fan’s “must have” snack. This time, dark meat leg quarters need a marketer’s touch. For about two decades, the $60-billion U. S. chicken industry has sent leg quarters,


New Brunswick Diverts Chickens

New Brunswick’s provincial government has temporarily ordered that all chicken produced in the province must be processed at its only federally inspected poultry plant. Agriculture Minister Ron Ouellette on Jan. 20 issued orders directing all chicken production to Nadeau Poultry Farm’s plant at St-Francoisde-Madawaska and putting a temporary moratorium on any increases of chicken exports

Manitoba Egg Industry Enriched With Different Cages

“We’re talking about a progression.” – penny kelly, mef The wave of the future has begun lapping at the feet of Manitoba egg farmers with the arrival of a new cage for layer hens. Three new entrants to the Manitoba egg industry will employ a so-called “enriched cage” housing system with more space and amenities


Stay-At-Home Consumers Bite Into Pricey Steaks

Meat-loving consumers in the United States are eating out less, but they are not forgoing taste and quality as researchers have found that more restaurant-quality prime-and choice-grade steaks are being served on family dinner tables. Beginning in 2008, cash-strapped consumers shifted to at-home dining. As a result, with restaurant business on the decline, meat companies

Chicken Farmers Go Interactive With Information Blog

“Questions are best responded to visually.” – lisa bishop-spencer, cfc Chickens are not genetically modified to have six wings, nine legs, no feathers and no beaks. KFC was not forced to change its name from Kentucky Fried Chicken because its chickens aren’t real birds. Those are two urban myths which Chicken Farmers of Canada gets