not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agohey capitalism, how are you doing?lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1594arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1563arrow-down1imagehey capitalism, how are you doing?lemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square66fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareXM34@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoAs far as I know most get sold to meat farms where they’re raised to about 1 year old with the other meat chickens and then slaughtered for meat. Still far from ideal, but way better than being shredded right after birth.
minus-squareWhiteOakBayou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days ago1 year old seems like a crazy long time. I thought most chickens were harvested in like 6 to 8 weeks.
minus-squarejivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoI’m under the same impression, but I assume that since they arent meat chickens that they need the extra time to grow big enough to he harvested?
As far as I know most get sold to meat farms where they’re raised to about 1 year old with the other meat chickens and then slaughtered for meat. Still far from ideal, but way better than being shredded right after birth.
1 year old seems like a crazy long time. I thought most chickens were harvested in like 6 to 8 weeks.
I’m under the same impression, but I assume that since they arent meat chickens that they need the extra time to grow big enough to he harvested?