Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

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Yuck!!!

Ditto..but thats what greed gets yah...kinda like silicone in the human world...oops!!!

The meat chicken has finally reached it's maximum physiological ability to supply oxygen to that freakish breast. Hopefully breeders will go back to producing a more humane broiler chicken.

TomK wrote:QR_BBPOST Ditto..but thats what greed gets yah...kinda like silicone in the human world...oops!!!

I can't seem to make the connection to the silicone world, but yes, when we over breed for a specific trait it's only natural to have consequences, even if not immediate

iv heard about this before. they should just go back a few generations and stop the manipulation.

I don't like white meat anyway as most of the time I find it "woody". I like the dark meat. They need to stop messing around with them and just get them back to what they used to be before the Frankenchickens. I know this year any extra cockerels that I raise that don't find homes will be going in my freezer. Although I have a friend who raises meat birds and they are delish, even the white meat.

ya I dont think there is anything wrong with the idea of a marketable bird at 6-8 weeks heck thats awesome! but they have to draw a line somewhere....

The line will be drawn when folks stop buying them . Simple . Luck

very true Ross... and that will never happen. heck we buy them if they fit in the budget... dead of course n sometimes ready to serve. tasty!

Are they called Frankenchickens because of Frankenstein?

I saw some at the auction last week and it put me off buying and raising them. I can't fix genetics and I sure as heck couldn't eat something from my backyard that looks like that. Regardless of the 'suppose too' factor. I can't unsee what I saw.