Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A report in 2005 stated that around 5.9 billion broiler chickens for eating were produced yearly in the European Union. Mass production of chicken meat is a global industry and at that time, only two or three breeding companies supplied around 90% of the world's breeder-broilers.
In 2005, total chicken slaughters were 973.9 million kilograms. Of this, 35.2 million kg were mature (non-broiler)slaughters, meaning about 96% of chicken consumption was broilers. By revenue, chicken processing is about 1/4 of the meat packing business. The top 8 processors account 66% of the market. [1]
Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farmed in great numbers. More than 60 billion chickens are killed for consumption annually.
The word "poultry" comes from Middle English pultry or pultrie, itself derived from Old French/Norman word pouletrie. [7] The term for an immature poultry, pullet, like its doublet poult, [8] comes from Middle English pulet and Old French polet, both from the Latin word pullus, meaning a young fowl or young animal.
Broiler breeds typically take less than six weeks to reach slaughter size, [83] some weeks longer for free range and organic broilers. [84] A commercial chicken house with open sides raising broiler pullets for meat. Chickens farmed primarily for eggs are called layer hens. The UK alone consumes more than 34 million eggs per day. [85]
Poultry. Raw poultry — such as chicken and turkey — often carries harmful bacteria like Salmonella, which can cause serious foodborne illnesses. ... meaning it can contain harmful bacteria ...
Due to the lower costs of feeding chickens that lay white eggs, the resulting price tag on white eggs will usually be lower than brown eggs, even though there is no distinguishable size difference.
A roasted Cornish game hen A Cornish game hen ready for the oven. Cornish game hen (also Rock Cornish game hen) is the USDA-approved name for a particular variety of broiler chicken, produced from a cross between the Cornish and White Plymouth Rock chicken breeds, that is served young and immature, weighing no more than two pounds (900 g) ready to cook.