One link I have readily available mostly promotes the healthier content of Omega 3- and the ower staurated fat content. It is www.eatwild.com I can't remember right now where the nutritional value tables are located but they might be in different journals and books. I will post them as my time allows.



As a general statement the genetics of commercial broilers do predispose them to fat and lethargy but they do not have to be grown to their extreme genetic potential, which I think is unhealthy. I know quite a few people who have excessive problems with their broilers, but I don't. Giving them a couple of extra weeks to grow out promotes a leaner broiler. They show as much interest in grazing and eating insects as my layers do. Many of them will range with my other chickens. Of course if I fed them 50 pounds a day, they would eat it, but I don't want to. Again, this goes back to the difference between a small family-based operation and a commerical one. Actually my layers have more fat than the broilers- I believe that has to do with their ability to brood for the period it takes to hatch their eggs without eating as much as other times.



Rabbits are still much healthier than other commercially raised meats and they will remain healthier until someone discovers yet another inhumane way to breed them to death and genetically alter their growth. I have heard of growers raising them in communal pastures but I don't do that. Not yet. As I said, they are healthier as it is.



We covered wild prey in a thread not too long ago. I don't recommend it but at the same time I acknowledge others who have grown their reptiles on thawed wild prey. Personally I will feed my snakes and my family domestic pasture -raised animals. It is the reason I moved out to the country.



I have a lot of links to locate and I definietly want to locate them and post them but right now I am pressed for time and we have a delicate time to go through in the next few days.
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