• Schal330@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I’ve noticed over the years that chicken breasts have been having an awful texture now and then. I highly suspect it’s because the demand has grown so high the quality has dropped. This has reduced the amount of chicken I tend to eat. I highly suspect if we ended up getting the chlorinated chicken I’d shift more towards becoming a vegetarian.

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      3 days ago

      You’re sort of right. It’s a condition associated with the rapid-growth breeds raised in commercial farms, and has become more prevalent over time. It’s called woody breast.

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        3 days ago

        I did a course with a chicken feed manufacturing guy the other day. It’s six weeks from chick to slaughter for meat chooks. He said he knew a farm that did six million chicks, six times a year. It just made me sad.