2. White Commercial Broiler meat chicken These types of birds are reared as broilers by our farmers and sold as fresh or frozen capons, bone-in, boneless and cut-ups. The main breeds are Cobb-500 ...

The short answer is that there are chickens for meat (broilers) and chickens for eggs (layers), and they’re not the same: They’re raised separately and have different lifespans. In fact, for the past ...

As poultry companies weigh cost and efficiency with higher animal welfare standards, research comparing conventional and slow-growing broiler breeds showed that the slow-growing chickens displayed ...

An outbreak of avian influenza south of the border has cut the supply of broiler chicks to hatcheries in Atlantic Canada. Also known as meat chicks, the birds eventually grow into the plump ...