I put an armful of tail and wing feathers pulled out during catching into my car. I cannot pick up all of them because there are so many. The base of the feathers still has fresh blood and skin tissue attached and lots of small bugs with a soft yellow back and small head. I ask if they de-feather the birds periodically and am told the owner wanted them to, but they refused because the job would be very hard to do. They show me the freezer in the corner of the office and hand me a sample of packaged ostrich steaks.
Chip owns a slaughterhouse as well as the farm and the address is on the package.
They encourage me to come back or call if I have any more questions. A few weeks later I visit the slaughterhouse and videotape the slaughter. Stop the sale of ostrich meat. Promoters are targeting health-food stores. Show Cherylynn Brown's video of Brandywine Farms and The Humane Society of the United States' new video, Ratite Slaughter .