Life Journey of Broiler Chicken

Step 1
Chicken companies purchase day-old female breeder chicks, called Pullets. At 20 weeks old, they join fellow breeder hens and roosters on the poultry farm to produce fertilized eggs(not table eggs).
Step 2
Eggs are collected and delivered to hatcheries where they are incubated and hatched into chickens raised for meat, called broilers.
Step 3
The chicks are moved to local family farms where they live in poultry house equipped with advanced ventilation and heating systems (radiant heat infrared gas brooders and poultry space air heaters are most popularly used) and are able to freely roam and eat and drink in comfort, under the care of a veterinarian.
Step 4
One market weight (4-7 lbs.), chickens are collected and transported from the poultry farm to a processing plant. At the plant, they are processed quickly and humanely, and then thoroughly washed and cleaned, chilled, packaged and inspected before departing for market.
Step 5
Distribution partners keep chicken chilled during transit from processing plant to market, to make sure the meat you purchase arrives safely at local grocers, markets and restaurants across the nation.
Step 6
Chicken is the affordable cornerstone to a nutritious meal. Families can feel confident that they are consuming a safe and quality product and supporting their farmers in a great poultry industry.