types of chicken.What are the types of chicken other than broiler?
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Between 8.9-9.3 billion of these birds are killed in the US alone each year. They are only 6-weeks-old. They are even exempt from one of two federal laws protecting farmed animals – the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. This means these birds do not need to be stunned unconscious before their throats are cut.
At the sanctuary, these are the friendliest birds – the only ones people really get to touch and interact with. They are gregarious and very social. They do not live long because they have been artificially selected to grow fast so they can be killed young. They generally die of heart attacks, congestive heart failure, or broken hips.
Question by Sidster: types of chicken.What are the types of chicken other than broiler?
What is the breed of chicken other than white chicken?.Its called country chicken in India,not sure what it is called in U.S.Does anybody know?.It’s got grey /black feathers not white(broiler).
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Apparently there’s a lot of chicken breeds.
Stang
July 22, 2012 at 3:12 pm
the standard ones in the US are fryer, broilier and stewing
there are also cornish game hens, but they aren’t very similar
there are tons of other breeds of chicken, similar to how there are many different breeds of dogs & cats.
Corvato
July 22, 2012 at 3:33 pm