I was telling some people at work that the chicken they buy in the stores are only like 6-8 weeks old when they are butchered. Then someone asked how old chicken are before they lay. I told them mine have all been around 16 - 20 weeks. Then came this question.......where do meat bird chicks come from if they get too big to ever make it to a laying age???
My guess is meat bird eggs do not really come from the meat birds themselves. They are all cross breeds and the breeds you use for the cross are ones that do live to be old enough to lay. Is that right???
My guess is meat bird eggs do not really come from the meat birds themselves. They are all cross breeds and the breeds you use for the cross are ones that do live to be old enough to lay. Is that right???
