Chickens raised for meat are not the same type of chicken that produce table eggs.

Most chickens, on average, will eat 4 kilograms of feed in order to reach market size. For an average flock of 20,000 birds, over 80,000 kilograms, or 6 1/2 truck loads of chicken feed is used!

Grain is the main ingredient of all chicken feed. So, all chickens are "grain-fed".

Chickens are not force-fed. Fresh water and food are available at any time, so chickens eat and drink at will.

Chickens are not injected with any hormones. The use of hormones in poultry is illegal in Canada.

A chick at hatching weights about 35 g and is covered in soft down which is gradually replaced with feathers at 2-3 weeks of age.

A male chicken is called a cockerel, and a female chicken is called a pullet.

Since male and female birds grow at different rates, farmers often grow them separately. Cockerels gain about 50 g a day, while pullets gain 47 g a day.

A broiler usually weighs between 1.7 kg and 2.5 kg, and takes from 39 to 42 days to reach this weight. A roaster, which is grown in 50 days, weighs about 3 kg.