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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

American families are getting smaller and yet chickens are getting larger.

As we begin 2017, Americans can look back at 2016 as yet another year with record-high chicken consumption—an average of 89.6 pounds per person. That’s more than three times as much as our grandparents ate.

Chickens we eat today are twice as big as they were 60 years ago. In 1955, the average weight of chickens sold on market was 3.07 pounds, while the number for the first half of 2016 was 6.18 pounds, according to National Chicken Council, a nonprofit trade organization based in Washington, D.C.

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TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: chicken; chickenobesity; chickens; dietandcuisine; helixmakemineadouble; meat; obesity; poultry; respectchickensday
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To: tet68

Gravity is increasing, all right. I’ve been telling people that for years. My reasoning is that:
1. I can’t jump as high as I used to.
2. I can’t lift things I used to.
3. When I fall down, I hit harder and it hurts more.
4. And the scientific, measureable proof is that when I step on the scale, it reads considerably higher than it did 30 years ago.

Case closed.


101 posted on 01/08/2017 4:15:29 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Good point on the comparison between A&P and WMT plus the decentralized nature of chicken farming in 1948. The press today would likely be beside themselves and screeching at the top of their lungs.


102 posted on 01/08/2017 4:28:40 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Trump20162020

The free range chickens sold by local co-ops around here run five pounds. Maybe they’re a certain breed.


103 posted on 01/08/2017 4:34:49 PM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: Oldexpat

I wonder where the colonel gets his chickens. Their chicken parts are the smallest in the business.


104 posted on 01/08/2017 4:36:46 PM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: Joe Bfstplk

They already have them. You can get them at KFC.


105 posted on 01/08/2017 4:39:41 PM PST by suthener
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To: Flaming Conservative
I wonder where the colonel gets his chickens. Their chicken parts are the smallest in the business.

Ain't that the truth! I thought they were serving pigeons the last time I was there. It wasn't always like that. I think that the competition is getting to them. Zaxby's has wings that are almost as meaty as the Colonel's legs.

106 posted on 01/08/2017 4:48:57 PM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I didn’t even know about Sprouts. I found out there’s one 35 miles from us. All the chicken you get today tastes alike-—BLAND. Thanks for the info!


107 posted on 01/08/2017 4:51:21 PM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: TalBlack

It took a tough man to make a tender chicken.


108 posted on 01/08/2017 4:58:04 PM PST by ExNewsExSpook
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To: tet68

“Chickens weigh twice as much today?
I weigh twice as much today.
Obviously gravity is increasing,
doubling in a mere 50 years.
Meanwhile candy bars continue to shrink,
just like pants.”

I think global warning can be blamed for your plight.


109 posted on 01/08/2017 7:20:43 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I thank God, Broom Hillary was stopped. Now, moving on, I pray for Trump.)
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To: tet68

Tet, you are a man of logic. I identify with your remark.


110 posted on 01/08/2017 7:36:06 PM PST by strongbow
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To: T-Bird45

Because of the problems associated with over specialization, to avoid chickens becoming like turkeys, it would likely be a good idea to have a program to create more diversity in the species.

The USDA did it with wheat, creating strains that could thrive in less than ideal places. So why not do it with chickens?


111 posted on 01/08/2017 8:13:06 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Friday, January 20, 2017. Reparations end.)
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To: Flaming Conservative

For the past two years we have gotten our Christmas spiral ham at Sprouts also. The best ham I ever ate. Far superior to Costco. Sprouts produce is super high quality and very reasonable. They sell bulk dry goods also which we use such as sesame and flax seeds and Himalayan salt.


112 posted on 01/09/2017 6:50:57 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Oldexpat
We cut them up and pound them out and marinate in lemon juice.

Piccata style?

113 posted on 01/09/2017 8:04:29 AM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-chickens-are-twice-as-big-today-as-they-were-60-years-ago-2017-01-06


114 posted on 07/03/2020 8:15:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Note: this topic is from 01/08/2017. Foghorn Leghorn update.

115 posted on 07/03/2020 8:16:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Trump20162020

Because Costco...


116 posted on 07/03/2020 8:16:51 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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