Who was there first from the egg or chicken? These clips will not answer this fundamental question, but on the other hand, it will transport you to the retro France of the 1960s, and its flourishing industry of chicken breeding and egg production.
In 1964, at the agricultural cooperative Coqu ain de Villars les Dombes, the eggs were packed, calibrated, packaged and then shipped throughout France.
Visit to an industrial laying hen farm in 1966. The eggs are sorted: the largest and smallest go for consumption. The average eggs return to the incubator to give birth to the chick, which will in turn become laying hens.
The director of an intensive laying hen farm praises the advantages of industrializing egg production for consumers. According to him, it makes it possible to supply an egg of a much higher quality than that which a traditional farmer can provide.
In 1973, in a report on industrial food, an INRA researcher evokes, colorimetrically to support, the rtechnics to improve the color of the egg yolk, and thus meet consumer demand. "Alas", it is impossible to change the colour of the shell.
Explanations of the journalist to select his fresh eggs in 1965. It was then necessary to read the name on the box for example "eggs extra fresh", or to look number and geometrical figures on the egg, designating eggs of converse.
In 1967, A Morestel, in the Isère, a farm of 5,000 hens was visited by the camera. After questioning the owner of the factory, Mr CHOLAT, the spectator can follow the automated production line. This "henhouse of tomorrow" consists of a shed designed to bring the hens to maturity and cramped laying cages equipped with treadmill that harvest the eggs as they are produced. At the end of the chain, the eggs are packed.
In 1965, "what the housewife wants above all is a fresh egg". This report explains how and by what criteria, suppliers provide consumers with first-class eggs.