• Squiddlioni@kbin.melroy.org
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    2 months ago

    You’re sort of right. It’s a condition associated with the rapid-growth breeds raised in commercial farms, and has become more prevalent over time. It’s called woody breast.

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      2 months ago

      I did a course with a chicken feed manufacturing guy the other day. It’s six weeks from chick to slaughter for meat chooks. He said he knew a farm that did six million chicks, six times a year. It just made me sad.