Mom''s probably a pretty average American in terms of the mass of her chicken consumption. The average American is projected to eat nearly 100 lbs (aka 45 kilograms) of
There are approximately 23 billion chickens on the planet right now. But because the life of a meat chicken is short—less than 50 days—annual production far exceeds the
Related research and data Adopting slower-growing breeds of chicken would reduce animal suffering significantly How many animals are factory-farmed? How many animals get
In the U.S., 8.9 billion chickens are slaughtered yearly (2004 statistic). That works out to 30 chickens per person per year, or 0.08 chickens per day. And that''s in the highest chicken
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), approximately 60 billion chickens are killed for meat production each year worldwide. This means that on
Almost all chickens we eat today come from the winner of the 1948 "Chicken of Tomorrow" Contest whose genetics now dominates poultry farms worldwide.
