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Originally Posted by tyler1980
i wouldn't count high density chicken farms as high quality or the "best". Those chickens can't even stand up since they are packed in so tightly and are so fat they fall over. Plus they are pumped full of antibiotics. Free range would be quality to me. Quantity is not the same as quality.
The manufacturing process might be excellent but the raw material (chickens) isnt so the end product can't be the best.
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You’re first paragraph is wrong on every point. The chickens walk freely in the houses from food to water to rest. None of the big producers use antibiotics anymore (haven’t for years). And the birds are lean, low fat, high muscle percentage (fat is waste in the chicken business). The broiler breeds are selected for muscle quality, disease reistance, and growth rate.
Unless you are visiting your local farmer for your chicken, you are likely eating meat produced by the US method. True free range has high disease and predator loss, and low production rates. Which, drives costs up. Typically 8-10 times more expensive. Are you paying 10 times more for your chicken? If not, it’s produced using the US method.