#meat breed

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Dark Cornish

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Broiler

commercial ‘white rock’ broilers are mixed ancestry of cornish(left) and white plymouth(right) chickens to create a muscular, fast growing bird. Broilers suffer from many health conditions including impulsive eating, skeletal and cardiovascular dysfunction, and neurological issues. for meat, birds are butchered at around 5-7 weeks of age.

adult birds kept as breeding stock have fully developed secondary sex characteristics. reproducing broilers is a challenge because their compulsive eating may be fatal, so parent flocks are starved to not over eat to death.

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Ixworth Chicken

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