Story: Poultry industry

Broiler chickens

Broiler chickens

Broiler chickens are raised for meat in large sheds strewn with sawdust or shavings and with access to food and water dispensers. Large fans control the temperature.

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Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, 'Poultry industry - Poultry meat farming', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/17287/broiler-chickens (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, published 24 Nov 2008