The Truth About Our Broiler Chickens

Chicken accounts for a third of the global meat consumption, demand over chicken meat has seen a dramatic rise in the past decades. A 2014 study compared the growth rates of the modern broilers with chicken strains from the 70s and 50s. The study found out that the modern broiler chickens have an exceptionally faster growth rate and a much bigger body mass compared to chickens from the past generations.
The rapid weight gain is a result of intensive farming and heavy commercial selection. The common broilers are specifically bred for rapid growth, which has allowed broilers to reach slaughter-weight quickly while taking up less feed. This reduces the cost of chicken meat production and made chicken an affordable meat choice.
Although this meant more chicken meat can be produced with less resource and time, chickens reared under intensive conditions are subject to poor living and health conditions, raising welfare concerns.
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0:00 Introduction
0:58 How Chickens Become Larger
2:03 Demand for Chicken Meat
2:57 Chicken Welfare Concerns
4:10 Disorders in Fast Growing Broilers
5:15 Point of Slaughter
6:41 Efficient Meat Producer
7:25 Environmental Impacts
9:00 Conclusion

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Blame the first world countries for their excessive meat consumption.

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It's true, the US and Australia are amongst the highest meat consuming countries in the world, meat consumption and per capita income generally go hand in hand, better regulations are needed to address this problem.

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So... If every chicken did all weight 4kg, that means 28 500 000 000 chickens was killed in 2018.

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I generally hate the taste of chicken. I somtimes eat nuggets if im feeling lazy and there there.

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Process of becoming T.rex xd

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What if chickens go extinct because of this? Maybe not because there are other species of chickens.

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