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SmartChicken123
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LOL broilers are chickens. Its just a classification. Generally birds are known to be layers (bred for eggs), broilers (bred for meat), dual-purpose (pretty decent for eggs and meat but not the best at either), or ornamental (great to look at but don't expect a lot of eggs or a hearty chicken dinner from them).
From the rule book:
1. Eligibility All broilers must be ordered through your Agriculture Science Teacher or County Extension Agent. Broilers will be from the same source and same age. All broiler chicks will be wing banded at hatch for identification purposes. Exhibitors may show only the birds with the band numbers issued to them. All broilers will be checked for bands at the sift (arrival). Entries with missing or incorrect bands will be disqualified. Only broilers raised in the same family pen will have the same band numbers. No extra broilers may be brought into the show barn at the time of sifting or judging.
I would talk to your ag science teacher and/or county extension agent about obtaining the bird.
To answer your question, generally speaking they are raised the same, the exception being if they are cornish crosses (which go from hatch to butcher in something like 10 weeks) but I doubt they are.
Thank you!
