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How important is poultry in our daily lives?
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Story: How important is poultry in our daily lives?
Poultry has been on Earth for more than 150 million years, dating back to the early wild forest birds that we now include in the list of ducks, geese, turkeys, pheasants, pigeons, peacocks, guinea fowl, and chickens. Poultry provides companionship, food and fiber to humans in the form of eggs, meat and feathers. Many people like to raise and show chickens and other poultry breeds at fairs and other poultry shows. Others simply prefer to raise them for backyard pets and fresh eggs daily.
Backyard pets and love to raise them for fresh eggs every day. There is a large commercial poultry industry that supplies us with eggs and meat. The commercial egg-laying industry consists of more than 273 million laying hens, of which about 237 million are table eggs (eggs you buy at the supermarket) and the rest are replacements from laying flocks for fertile eggs. In 1991, the United States produced about 5.7 billion dozen eggs.
The poultry meat industry consists of the broiler and turkey industries. In 1991 there were 6.1 billion broilers processed in the United States. This represents approximately 19.7 billion pounds of ready-to-cook broiler meat. Per capita consumption of broiler meat was about 70 pounds. In 1991. Turkey's production was about 276
million in 1991 which represented about 4.6 billion pounds or about 18 pounds. per person eaten. About 10,000 broilers and about 35,000 turkeys were raised in Connecticut in 1991. As you can see, the poultry industry is big business. It generated more than $20 billion in 1991. The United States is worth an estimated $150 million from Connecticut. Poultry breeding starts there. Selected males and females of certain species mate and lay eggs
collected and incubated. Chicken eggs are incubated for 21 days. The newly hatched chicks are incubated in temperature-controlled rooms until they are sent to either broilers or roasters for consumption as chickens. Meat, or laying hens, or raised more as breeders.
Birds raised for broilers are reared for 6 or 7 weeks and then processed as cuts, such as drumsticks, breast meat, wings, thighs, half chickens, or quarter chickens. Roosters are grown and sold for 8 to 14 weeks.
As a whole bird for use in further processing for cooking in the oven or for cut-ups. About 25 to 30% of broiler meat goes into more processed products, such as chicken nuggets, chicken sandwiches, and chicken hot dogs.
Chickens raised as layer chickens are reared in growing houses until they are 16 to 18 weeks old when they are moved to a cage-laying facility. Birds start producing eggs at about 20 weeks of age and continue laying until about 76 weeks of age. Some birds later molt and lay six more eggs over months or more, and the rest are processed as chicken meat and used for products such as chicken soup.
Interest in poultry and poultry products has grown tremendously over the past 20 years. Almost every country in the world has a poultry industry. Japan continues to increase its domestic production of both broiler and egg-producing birds. The countries of the former Soviet Union have always produced chickens and eggs, and their production continues to increase to meet new demands. China, the Middle East, and Africa are all areas where increased demand for poultry has seen significant increases in the number of chickens raised for meat and eggs.
Because poultry products are in demand worldwide chickens and other poultry can be raised in almost any part of the world.
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Story: How important is poultry in our daily lives?
Poultry has been on Earth for more than 150 million years, dating back to the early wild forest birds that we now include in the list of ducks, geese, turkeys, pheasants, pigeons, peacocks, guinea fowl, and chickens. Poultry provides companionship, food and fiber to humans in the form of eggs, meat and feathers. Many people like to raise and show chickens and other poultry breeds at fairs and other poultry shows. Others simply prefer to raise them for backyard pets and fresh eggs daily.
Backyard pets and love to raise them for fresh eggs every day. There is a large commercial poultry industry that supplies us with eggs and meat. The commercial egg-laying industry consists of more than 273 million laying hens, of which about 237 million are table eggs (eggs you buy at the supermarket) and the rest are replacements from laying flocks for fertile eggs. In 1991, the United States produced about 5.7 billion dozen eggs.
The poultry meat industry consists of the broiler and turkey industries. In 1991 there were 6.1 billion broilers processed in the United States. This represents approximately 19.7 billion pounds of ready-to-cook broiler meat. Per capita consumption of broiler meat was about 70 pounds. In 1991. Turkey's production was about 276
million in 1991 which represented about 4.6 billion pounds or about 18 pounds. per person eaten. About 10,000 broilers and about 35,000 turkeys were raised in Connecticut in 1991. As you can see, the poultry industry is big business. It generated more than $20 billion in 1991. The United States is worth an estimated $150 million from Connecticut. Poultry breeding starts there. Selected males and females of certain species mate and lay eggs
collected and incubated. Chicken eggs are incubated for 21 days. The newly hatched chicks are incubated in temperature-controlled rooms until they are sent to either broilers or roasters for consumption as chickens. Meat, or laying hens, or raised more as breeders.
Birds raised for broilers are reared for 6 or 7 weeks and then processed as cuts, such as drumsticks, breast meat, wings, thighs, half chickens, or quarter chickens. Roosters are grown and sold for 8 to 14 weeks.
As a whole bird for use in further processing for cooking in the oven or for cut-ups. About 25 to 30% of broiler meat goes into more processed products, such as chicken nuggets, chicken sandwiches, and chicken hot dogs.
Chickens raised as layer chickens are reared in growing houses until they are 16 to 18 weeks old when they are moved to a cage-laying facility. Birds start producing eggs at about 20 weeks of age and continue laying until about 76 weeks of age. Some birds later molt and lay six more eggs over months or more, and the rest are processed as chicken meat and used for products such as chicken soup.
Interest in poultry and poultry products has grown tremendously over the past 20 years. Almost every country in the world has a poultry industry. Japan continues to increase its domestic production of both broiler and egg-producing birds. The countries of the former Soviet Union have always produced chickens and eggs, and their production continues to increase to meet new demands. China, the Middle East, and Africa are all areas where increased demand for poultry has seen significant increases in the number of chickens raised for meat and eggs.
Because poultry products are in demand worldwide chickens and other poultry can be raised in almost any part of the world.
- Editor (Based on online information)
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