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Default What do they do with all the male chickens?

mom peagram wrote:
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> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
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>> "Jimw" > wrote in message
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>>> Every chicken I have ever eaten has chicken breasts. Therefore they
>>> are all female chickens. What do they do with all the male ones, or
>>> are they not edible?

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>> Really?
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>> Originally the dish is Coq au vin.
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>> You've heard the expression "He's a tough old bird" Where do you
>> think it came from?
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>> Coq Au Vin was a way of stewing a rooster in red wine until it was
>> tender.
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>> today IMHO they're dog food, cat food and McNugets.
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>> Dimitri
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> Also don't they neuter male chicks and then they are called Capon?
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Yup, they use electricity to neuter them nowadays.