Broiler chickens (chickens raised for meat) are always raised by farmers trained in animal welfare. Farmers and employees are trained in handling and caring for chickens in order to provide a safe, healthy and low-stress environment. ...
Learn how chickens raised for meat are stunned, slaughtered and processed....
Stunning is the process of rendering animals unconscious before slaughtering them for food. The stunning renders the birds insensitive to pain. Not surprisingly, the stunning of chickens has been the subject of considerable research and discussion. To help answer questions about stunning, Dr. Karen Christensen...
Chicken farmers and producers take pride in the care of their broiler chickens (chickens raised for meat), and the fact is that chickens are as healthy as they’ve ever been. But we know it’s on us as an industry to do a better job of...
[vc_row 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" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="16295" img_size="350x700" style="vc_box_shadow_3d" img_link_large="yes" qode_css_animation="element_from_left" transition_delay=".3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Today’s broiler chickens (chickens raised for meat) are bred to be bigger and grow faster than in years past. Why? In the past few decades, as people have become more...
[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_separator type="normal" color="#c4c4c4" transparency="1" thickness="1" up="5" down="20"][vc_column_text] “Woody breast” describes a quality issue stemming from a muscle abnormality in a small percentage of chicken meat in the U.S. This condition causes chicken breast meat to be hard to the...
[vc_row 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" css_animation=""][vc_column][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 versus whole birds, farmers have worked to create larger and healthier chickens...
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[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...
[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_separator type="normal" color="#c4c4c4" transparency="1" thickness="1" up="5" down="20"][/vc_column][/vc_row][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_column_text]Given that Americans eat about 160 million servings of chicken every day, the vast majority of consumers are cooking and handling chicken properly and having...
