A broiler chicken, or a chicken raised for meat, typically lives only 7-8 weeks (56 days).
Typically those few days are spent in a large pole building with tens of thousands of other chickens, milling around in fecal and ammonia-choked air so poisonous a human cannot walk into the building without a respirator.
This is the chicken of our fast-food joints and restaurants across the country. Cheap. Convenient.
We just received our first batch of broiler chicks. They, too, will probably only live about 8 weeks; however, unlike commercially raised chickens, these birds will be out on pasture by the age of 14 days.
From there they will be moved to a new patch of grass on a daily basis. Fresh water, green grass, insects, sunshine and clean air will accompany them all the days of their lives.
This is my photo journal of 56 days of a broiler's life on our farm.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Here's a short video of the peeps at 3 days old:
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Day 11
Day 12
Day 13
Day 14
Day 15
Day 16 (guest photo by August our farm sitter)
Day 17
Day 18
Day 19
Day 20
Day 21
Day 22
Day 23
Day 24
Day 25
Day 26
Day 27
Day 28
Day 29
Day 30
Day 31
Day 32
Day 33
Day 34
Day 35
Day 36
Day 37
Day 38
Day 39
Day 40
Day 41
Day 42
Day 43
Day 44
Day 45
Day 46
Day 47
Day 48
Day 49
Day 50
Day 51
Day 52
Day 53
Day 54
Day 55
Day 56
5 comments:
How cool is this!? I've never had meat birds yet (only dual purpose). Too funny how they grow so fast their feathers can't even keep up! And those gigantic feet!
That has to be your baby Silkie in the day 44 pic. :)
This is our first time with them, too, and it astounds me how fast they've grown!
And yep - it's a bantam silkie - only 7 days younger than the broiler!
This is awesome! Such a great idea, and I loved scrolling through. You may have to add a "Day X" with it sitting on your kitchen table fresh out of the oven in order for it to truly sum up the broiler life span.
Haha - I thought about something along those lines... maybe next time I cook one!
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