China eats nearly 5 billion white feather broilers every year. Is this kind of chicken healthy? How is it cultivated? White feather broilers are no different from the chickens we usually eat. White feather broiler is a kind of broiler, which is characterized by fast growth and fast slaughter. It usually takes 40-50 days to slaughter, which is not essentially different from our common broiler breeds. The feathers of this chicken are all white. The chicken we usually eat at KFC and McDonald's is this kind of white feather broiler. We usually buy chicken pieces such as chicken legs, chicken wings and chicken breasts, and most of them are white feather broilers.
White feather broiler is one of the main broiler breeds in China. The per capita consumption of chicken in China increased from10.03 kg in 1984 to 9.05 kg in 2010/year. At present, there are about 4.4 billion white-feather chickens in China every year, accounting for about 50% of China's broiler production. It is equivalent to more than three times the total population of our country. White feather broiler is the highest yield chicken breed in China at present. Once, the output of white feather broilers continued to grow at an average annual rate of 5%~6%. However, in recent years, the rapid growth of white feather broilers has been criticized, and the growth of its production scale began to slow down. In fact, the rapid growth of white feather broilers in 40 days is the result of gene screening, not the result of hormone action, but its variety.
In the meat consumption of China, pork and chicken firmly occupy the top two positions. If the output of pork can't meet the market demand, the price of pork will eventually rise. The rise of meat will inevitably lead to the rise of other commodities. The stability of chicken not only helps to adjust the price to a certain extent, but also gives people another choice for meat products, which enhances the risk of resisting price increases. The origin of white feather broilers is the United States, which has long been controlled by American enterprises. The new varieties successfully cultivated this time do not need to rely entirely on imports. The broiler market in China will be completely in our own hands, and it will become a new broiler brand in the future, which can also be sold all over the world. It not only reduces the cost of farmers, but also accelerates the promotion of new white feather broilers, which brings good news for farmers to start their own businesses.
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