Chicken Labeling Terms

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Yes, chickens today are in fact bigger! Compare chicken growth over time as a result of modern breeding, better living conditions and daily care by dedicated farmers....

09 March, 2016

Americans were projected to eat 1.3 billion chicken wings during Super Bowl 50. So how do all those wings measure up? We compiled some stats in this infographic to put all those wings into perspective....

09 March, 2016

It’s easy to be confused about what all the labels on chicken in the store actually mean. To help make sense of these terms, this infographic explains some of the most common labeling terms on chicken packaging....

09 March, 2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="16295" img_size="large" style="vc_box_shadow_3d" qode_css_animation="element_from_left" transition_delay=".5" img_link_large="yes"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Chickens today are in fact bigger and grow faster! As the demand for chicken as a protein has increased, especially chicken parts like breasts or thighs...

09 February, 2016

The chickens are getting bigger now, and are putting out more body heat – so climate control becomes key at this stage in a chicken’s life. We know through extensive study of chickens that they are most comfortable living in a precise temperature range and...

25 January, 2016

The chickens have almost reached market weight by six weeks and are generally a week away from transport. The barn is dimly lit at this point – and that’s exactly how they like it (it helps to keep them calm, cool and from hurting each other). Soon,...

25 January, 2016

Three times a day, farmers make the rounds to check on the health of the chickens. The temperature in the barn and all environmental factors are checked, and all 25,000 chickens in the barn are surveyed to make sure that they are all in good...

25 January, 2016

By their fourth week of life, the chickens are really growing up! Their feathers are in and they’re getting big! There’s a number of factors that go into getting chickens to a healthy size at this age – nutrition tailored to each stage of the chicken’s...

25 January, 2016