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To: Red Badger
Just barely on-topic but maybe someone knows the answer. And it does involve brown fat.

Here is the question:

Why don't the chickens that I buy have dark-meat legs? The thighs are typically the normal dark but the legs are almost as white as the breasts.

Chickens didn't use to be like this. I'm nervous. Should I be?

4 posted on 10/18/2013 2:07:31 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: InterceptPoint

Maybe they’re padding the floors of the chicken cages now and their balancing against each other takes less leg activity? Activity makes meat brown, as opposed to white.


6 posted on 10/18/2013 2:15:24 PM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To: InterceptPoint

I suppose that the chickens are raised differently and fed differently as well. The color of the meat indicates that the chicken did not get a lot of exercise walking around........


8 posted on 10/18/2013 2:21:07 PM PDT by Red Badger (TANSTAAFL always wins. Always...........................)
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To: InterceptPoint

Mass produced chickens genetically selected to grow as rapidly as possible, so much so that when they are the size to be harvested their legs cannot support the weight of their bodies so they keep sitting down rather than standing.


9 posted on 10/18/2013 2:23:51 PM PDT by frithguild (You can call me Snippy the Anti-Freeper)
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To: InterceptPoint

“Chickens didn’t use to be like this. I’m nervous. Should I be? “

Maybe they are LGBTGXXXetc.

Don’t be intolerant.


10 posted on 10/18/2013 2:27:54 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob ( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
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To: InterceptPoint
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15 posted on 10/18/2013 3:08:36 PM PDT by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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