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<blockquote data-quote="Raido Free America" data-source="post: 3743503" data-attributes="member: 45328"><p>Being able to get commercial broilers from chicks, to the table in 5 / 7 weeks is more than just the breed! My Father was one of the first farmers in Arkansas to go into the commercial chicken business, on a large scale. I was just a kid, but I think to took something like 12 / 14 weeks to get broilers to slaughter weight. Now they do have more efficiant breeds, but they also feed them not only antibiotics, but growth stroids in the water! They time the lights to come on at night to fool the chickens, because they eat every time they think its morning, Kinda like Democrats! Dad went Arkansas Tech at Russellville, after WW2 on the GI Bill,. Dr Thompson, the head of the AG, dept. was advising him on this venture. ( he owned the chickens and bought the feed, medicine then) Dr Thompson was devoloping different breeds if chickens that were more efficiant to be used in these commercial houses. I would go with dad to his farm, and thought that was something. He had some really strange looking chickens. heavy breast, with small wings, and legs, etc. I guess the one that impressed me the most was the three legged chicken! More drumsticks! This seemed to be going well untill someone left the door open, and these three legged chickens escaped. They are so fast, no one has been able to catch one since. there are rumores of lighting fast three legged chickens crossing the roads in the Ozarks, to this day!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raido Free America, post: 3743503, member: 45328"] Being able to get commercial broilers from chicks, to the table in 5 / 7 weeks is more than just the breed! My Father was one of the first farmers in Arkansas to go into the commercial chicken business, on a large scale. I was just a kid, but I think to took something like 12 / 14 weeks to get broilers to slaughter weight. Now they do have more efficiant breeds, but they also feed them not only antibiotics, but growth stroids in the water! They time the lights to come on at night to fool the chickens, because they eat every time they think its morning, Kinda like Democrats! Dad went Arkansas Tech at Russellville, after WW2 on the GI Bill,. Dr Thompson, the head of the AG, dept. was advising him on this venture. ( he owned the chickens and bought the feed, medicine then) Dr Thompson was devoloping different breeds if chickens that were more efficiant to be used in these commercial houses. I would go with dad to his farm, and thought that was something. He had some really strange looking chickens. heavy breast, with small wings, and legs, etc. I guess the one that impressed me the most was the three legged chicken! More drumsticks! This seemed to be going well untill someone left the door open, and these three legged chickens escaped. They are so fast, no one has been able to catch one since. there are rumores of lighting fast three legged chickens crossing the roads in the Ozarks, to this day! [/QUOTE]
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