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Why chickens are twice as big today as they were 60 years ago
MarketWatch ^
| January 7, 2017
| Evie Liu
Posted on 01/08/2017 10:37:13 AM PST by Trump20162020
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To: antidisestablishment
I love the soup, but I always thought that actual schmaltz looked kinda gross.
To: Trump20162020
Selective Breeding.
Better food.
Oh yea, I almost forgot: Global Warming (Please send me a government grant).
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posted on
01/08/2017 1:55:44 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: Trump20162020
You mean the processed chicken parts that they pump up with “a solution” to boost its selling weight?
The majority of chicken sold today is pure crap.
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posted on
01/08/2017 1:56:25 PM PST
by
factoryrat
(We reserve the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
01/08/2017 1:57:54 PM PST
by
4Liberty
(DEMOCRATS- Exporting Jobs, Importing Votes.)
To: factoryrat
You mean the processed chicken parts that they pump up with a solution to boost its selling weight? Parts is parts.
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posted on
01/08/2017 1:58:11 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: PLMerite
Nobody has said it yet, but somebody will. Of this I am most certain.
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posted on
01/08/2017 2:09:27 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(The minority demands NOTHING !)
To: Trump20162020
![]( http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sybeck1/Mobile%20Uploads/20170108_161231.png)
Second hand smoke stunted a lot a chickens in the past
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posted on
01/08/2017 2:14:17 PM PST
by
Sybeck1
To: Charles Henrickson
![](https://aos.iacpublishinglabs.com/question/aq/788px-374px/long-chicken-egg-hatch_9352f6eb4d575321.jpg?domain=cx.aos.ask.com)
One dozen 'boneless' chickens
To: SamAdams76
My mother in law cooked the feet in spaghetti sauce . They would eat the little pads on the bottom. I never tried them.
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posted on
01/08/2017 2:38:51 PM PST
by
lilypad
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
No mention of the great 1948 A&P Grocery Chicken of Tomorrow contest. Quote below from the article, just below the animated weight graph:
"The trend started with the 1948 contest that invited farmers nationwide to develop the Chicken of Tomorrow with specific goals bigger, meatier, faster growth. As a result, Arbor Acre breed, the crossbreed of the two winners, has become the grandparents of most commercial meat chicken we eat today worldwide."
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posted on
01/08/2017 2:53:06 PM PST
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: T-Bird45
I know, but the article didn’t really give the scale or scope of the contest, which was nationwide, and a very big deal because chicken farming was so decentralized. A&P was huge at the time, which is why I compared it to Walmart today.
Imagine the press today, if Walmart sponsored a “Who wants to be a billionaire” contest?
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posted on
01/08/2017 3:05:14 PM PST
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
(Friday, January 20, 2017. Reparations end.)
To: Vince Ferrer
Then there is the "Big Chicken" in Marietta, Georgia...
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posted on
01/08/2017 3:30:03 PM PST
by
GingisK
To: Pearls Before Swine
Fat doesn’t look good, but it is the heart of food. Broths, gravies, and baked goods require it. You can’t make biscuits or pie without lard.
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posted on
01/08/2017 3:31:24 PM PST
by
antidisestablishment
( We few, we happy few, we basket of deplorables">)
To: Dacula
My apologies. I’m one of them thar, ignant city folk. Didn’t occur to me that you refer to your chickies as “girls”. Suspect that is no different than us big city types referring to our dogs and cats as “ boys and girls”.
Again, my apologies.
Learn something new everyday.
Danka.
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posted on
01/08/2017 3:40:20 PM PST
by
Roger Kaputnik
(Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
To: Trump20162020
Bigger chickens to feed bigger Americans.
Or as I call some, “Fat Americans.”
To: Roger Kaputnik
Roger, There is no need to apologize. My statement needed clarification.
I have been married so long now that these are the only chicks I ever pick up, other than the Mrs.
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posted on
01/08/2017 3:47:08 PM PST
by
Dacula
(I have a disease called AWESOME, you would not understand it since you don't have it.)
To: Trump20162020
Poultry science and genetics.
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posted on
01/08/2017 3:52:29 PM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: Trump20162020
I disagree with the premise that chickens are twice as large. When was the last time you went to the grocery store and bought a 6 lb chicken?
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posted on
01/08/2017 3:54:45 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
...When was the last time you went to the grocery store and bought a 6 lb chicken?Last week got a Purdue Oven Stuffer roasting chicken weighed a bit over 6.5lbs. 7 lbs are common and Purdue web site lists 8lb birds.
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posted on
01/08/2017 4:00:32 PM PST
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: Dacula
LOL!
Same here.
Since my divorce, the only loyal “chicks” I’ve met are my dog, my cat and my neighbor’s 3 chickens. All of whom appear to be more intellignt & friendly than my ex-wife, far better listeners, and always happy to see me when I come home from work.
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posted on
01/08/2017 4:07:51 PM PST
by
Roger Kaputnik
(Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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