Why is chicken so cheap?

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Modern broilers are bred to grow unusually fast and large, while artificial light and temperature controls govern their entire lives.
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A barnyard chicken can live up to 10 years. An intensively raised broiler is typically slaughtered at 35–40 days.
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Intensive farms receive 90,000 chicks at once, reach processing weight in 34–39 days, then reset barns seven or eight times annually.
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At any moment, 23 billion chickens are alive worldwide, roughly ten times more than any other bird.
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Broiler chickens are now about four times the size they were in the 1950s.
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CCTV, CO2 sensors, and computer-controlled barns let two workers manage 200,000 birds.
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Organic chickens generally live about 81 days, compared with 35–40 days for intensively reared birds.
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Intensive systems can house up to 17 adult chickens per square metre, while free-range and organic birds get more space and outdoor access.
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More than 95% of broiler chickens in the UK are intensively reared. Organic and free-range birds make up the remainder.
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Organic and free-range farming can improve chicken welfare, but substantially higher prices limit consumer demand.

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