Lifecycle Of An Intensively Reared Chicken | Food

The Big Food Fight Lifecycle of an intensively reared chicken

Date Published:: 08/01/2008

Most of us pick up our chickens from the supermarket, pre-prepared and wrapped in cellophane, without thinking about the conditions they were raised in. As 95 per cent of the UK's broiler chickens are reared in intensive farms, the chances are it lived like this

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These chickens are bred and fed to grow rapidly and are slaughtered before reaching maturity. Fast growth can sometimes result in health problems.

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