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Broilers are slaughtered as juveniles so the meat is essentially indistinguishable. To be clear, I'm not pro-factory farming or chicken cruelty. Just saying t
by dpark 9y ago
Broilers are slaughtered as juveniles so the meat is essentially indistinguishable.
To be clear, I'm not pro-factory farming or chicken cruelty. Just saying that when you buy a broiler chicken, it's about 50% likely to be a male.
- mschuster91 9y agoHmm. Did some more research. Seems that male chickens are discouraged for meat because they grow slower and need more food to gain the same net meat: https://web.archive.org/web/20131226071033/http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisches-fernsehen/sendungen/unser-land/landwirtschaft-und-forst/duales-huhn100.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131226071033/http://www.br.de/... Might be possible that's a German uniqueness, can't tell about the US.
- dpark 9y agoMy understanding has always been that for broilers, the difference is minimal. And so farms raise both. For older chickens, yes. The difference is important.