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Meet your chicken meat

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Wednesday March 12, 2008 18:32

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Chicken is one of the most popular meats in Ireland. Consumers tend to know little of how it is produced intensively.

Accoring to Compassion In World Farming, Ireland, "In the Republic of ireland, about 67 million chickens are reared for meat each year. The vast majority of these are reared in indoor intensive systems."

They add: "About 5.9 billion chickens for eating are produced yearly in the EU, including 67 million in the Republic of Ireland. Today's broilers have been bred to grow so quickly that their legs have difficulty supporting the overgrown body. As a result, millions a year suffer from painful leg disorders. The birds' hearts and lungs are also unable to keep pace with the rapid body growth, with some chickens dying of heart failure before reaching their slaughter age of 6 to 7 weeks. Many broilers chickens are kept in severely overcrowded conditions."

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Comments (11 of 11)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	healthy food?	C McC	Wed Mar 12, 2008 18:53
2	Supermarket secrets	Ronoc	Wed Mar 12, 2008 22:28
3	The Horror	Cael	Wed Mar 12, 2008 22:32
4	Tell the truth!	Kearney Vore	Wed Mar 12, 2008 23:37
5	If your gonna eat meat...	jacob	Thu Mar 13, 2008 01:27
6	the fountain of youth.....and vitality	eamo	Thu Mar 13, 2008 02:06
7	Tasty?	Quornocopia	Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:15
8	The birds are what they eat (yuck!)	Stuart	Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:50
9	Quorn, etc.,	C McC	Thu Mar 13, 2008 21:46
10	Sorry Stuart	Farmer Joe	Thu Mar 13, 2008 22:50
11	Shit and all for chicken feed	Stuart	Thu Mar 13, 2008 23:12

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