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some question about hatching of chickens2007-11-24 17:25:28

hi guys ..i bet a lot of people know about it here ..but there are few things i wanna know about chicken hatching .i wud appreciate if u reply with some explaination.so i live in canada and just started working in a meat industry.so just wondering the chicken we use in meat company here .are they male or female or broiler chickens( i mean no sex at all ) what i was told that broiler chicken grow much faster then male or female but are not able to reproduce .how much time it takes to hatch an egg (with or without incubaor) .and how much time it takes for chicken to grow to its fully mature stage.

what other kind of chicken we use here or in US for slaughtering.coz sometimes we receive rooster or fowl chicken as well .so what's the difference between these two .

anything pertaining to these questions plz let me know .

thanks a lot in advance

Answers:

i'm pretty sure broilers aren't sexless but just a chicken bred for size and growth speed to get the largest in the shortest amount of time. it takes an average of 2 weeks for eggs to hatch and approx. a year for maturity. however when you butcher chickens you do it before they reach maturity because that is when the meat is best--"producing" roosters and hens tend to have tougher meat. places that raise broilers usually don't keep them past 7 weeks and pump them full of stuff to get them to grow quicker.

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uh..u boys are soo imprimetive!

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well sid, it is not uncommon that with proper care an egg can be hatched in a little over a day from conception to hatching. the problem is many lack the means to properly incubate an egg, however, it is a little known secret that a microwave on a low setting such as defrost is often time as successfull as a commercial incubator. don't believe me? try it out for yourself!

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Meat birds as they are claeed when they are raised for eating are mostly Cornish Rock Broilers. These are a breed that has been corss bred and messed with so that they hatch and grow to slaughter weight in about 6 weeks. You can only feed them durring the day and have to take away the food at night or they will die of "flip" they have heart attacks. They grow so fast and would die very young if not slaughtered.