

The easiest choices were to go where everyone else was: the broiler belt in the Deep South, the eastern shore, and the West Coast. Our first issue was where to locate our operations. We appreciate the challenge to stay ahead of the pack-a challenge that drives us to get better and better it does not, and never will, tempt us to cut corners or settle for anything less than the best. We have been pleased to see that several producers have subsequently tried to emulate many of our principles and processes, and we welcome those developments. This summary describes many of the things we do differently than the industry and explains why we do them that way. There are always improvements and enhancements to be made, and our quest to be the best and to continue to raise the bar will never end. We’ve also learned a great many things along the way, including the fact that the job is never done. We have restored taste to store-bought chicken in this country, and we take great pride in that accomplishment. We knew we would have to be able to do things efficiently, but we also believed that consumers would be willing to pay a little more for a superior product produced with these principles in mind. Further, we believed that we could do so while keeping a careful eye on the environment and on the sustainability and renewability of the resources we would need to access. We believed-and we still believe-that the right way includes the proper treatment and care of our chickens and also our people, and the utmost care and discretion in how we process and package our product. Not necessarily the easiest, fastest or most efficient way. In other words, to do things the right way. We set out to study every step involved in raising and processing chickens so as to define and then implement methods which we determined would result in the highest quality finished products. This mathematical analysis and description represents the sought-for universal formula and is a significant step in understanding not only the egg shape itself, but also how and why it evolved, thus making widespread biological and technological applications theoretically possible.Tecumseh Poultry was founded in 1998, based on a simple goal to produce the best fresh chicken in the United States.

The required measurements are the egg length, maximum breadth, and diameter at the terminus from the pointed end. The subsequent mathematical model fits a completely novel geometric shape that can be characterized as the last stage in the evolution of the sphere-ellipsoid-Hügelschäffer's ovoid transformation, and it is applicable to any egg geometry.

To rectify this, we introduce an additional function into the ovoid formula. The first three have a clear mathematical definition, each derived from the expression of the previous, but a formula for the pyriform profile has yet to be derived. Analysis of all egg shapes can be done using four geometric figures: sphere, ellipsoid, ovoid, and pyriform (conical or pear-shaped). As a main parameter in oomorphology, the shape of a bird's egg has, to date, escaped a universally applicable mathematical formulation. One of the most traditional food products, has long attracted the attention of mathematicians, engineers, and biologists from an analytical point of view.
