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A farmer friend of mine told me that the chickens must sent to the slaughterhouses at a certain time, since beyond that, the chickens have heart attacks... th
by shrubble 5y ago
A farmer friend of mine told me that the chickens must sent to the slaughterhouses at a certain time, since beyond that, the chickens have heart attacks... the heart can't support the load placed on it.
- chrisco255 5y agoI somehow doubt that. My mom raises chickens for eggs and they live a couple of years. She used to free range them but lost too many to coyote attacks, so now she keeps them cooped.
- shrubble 5y agoSorry for not being specific: I am referring to those chickens that are factory-farmed under confinement rather than free range.
- VoiceOfWisdom 5y agoThe chickens kept in a factory farm are different from what most people keep at home.
- slacktide 5y agoThe ENTIRE point of the story is that industrial meat farmers raise a breed of chicken which has been engineered to only live a short lifespan before consumption. Laying hens are a completely different breed, so your mother's experience is not relevant.
- chrisco255 5y agohttps://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/cornish-cross-broilers-chicken-sold-in-quantities-of-10 https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/cornish-cross-broi... They sell the same chickens at Tractor Supply. They don't die that fast. I find it hard to believe you could cut longevity so dramatically from a few years or even decades of breeding.