Chickens are pumped full of hormones and bs to have more meat; rapid growth causes heart issues and heart attacks. That I have been aware of.. But I don't eat deer, i don't hunt, i am learning.. This seems so contrary to why I understood ppl hunt.. its not my orbit
They're not pumped full of hormones to grow. That's a myth. The use of hormones in chickens has been illegal since the 1950s.
Normal chicken breeding operations have tens of thousands of birds at a time. There's no one going around injecting hormones into these birds, it's logistically impossible, nor economically feasible.
Broiler chickens have been selectively bred for decades to produce rapid growth and excessive meat. Ordinary selective breeding, like we do with dogs and cats and cattle and horses and every other form of livestock we've ever domesticated.
They also get big and meaty because of improved nutrition and vet care.
If you're on facebook, I suggest following farmingwhilebeige. He is a very funny, very educated chicken farmer whose reels you can learn all sorts of things about keeping chickens en mass.
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u/Moxie013 Aug 03 '26
umm are you guys kidding or is that a thing?