Advances in chicken and egg farming.Advances in chicken and egg farming.Advances in chicken and egg farming.
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- TriviaThe main chicken hatchery featured in this short is "Herr's" chicken company. The youngest Herr's son broke away from this family business in the '40s and bought a small snack company in Pennsylvania. Herr's is now a major supplier of a broad range of snack foods.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Brute Man (1996)
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Definitely, not for everyone, but MAN! What a great movie!
Oh my god. Too think I've seen it all, I then have the pleasure of seeing 'The Chicken Of Tomorrow'. Trust me, this film will take you off your feed for a week. Narrated by Lowell Thomas. It starts out by him intoning "Did you know that poultry is the nation's third largest crop" in such a way that it's hard to figure out whether he's very bored or very excited. And THEN, the fun starts as we see chickens, dead and spread eagled on the production line in the hundreds. The whole film is about the farmer's never ending quest to find a better chicken, and we see a contest to see who can make a better chicken. From incubations (with cross section of eggs during that process ewww) to the birth, to growth, to shipping to the processing plant (the chickens being thrown into cages is really hard to watch) and finally to it's assembly.. better make that disassembly line as we see shots of chirpy (excuse the pun) females merrily ripping out chicken guts. (no really, why are they smiling?) Finally, the judging takes place, (the chicken pieces all look the same). Lowell THomas says "Dressed White Hocks representing Mrs H W Lindhart of Chillicoffy, Missouri had the best skin texture, the least dark meat, and the best covering of fat." Were they talking about Mrs. Lindhart's chickens? Or Mrs. Lindhart? Thankfully, this movie ends, as we all gag. "Mmm. boy that makes me hungry!" A MUST see. But I'll probably won't see it again. :P
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- Spuzzlightyear
- Nov 21, 2005
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