Science

Embryology:

Lesson 3:Broiler Chickens

The BIG Question:

What are the two types of chickens

and the differences between them?

POULTRY

The term poultry includes all the birds that may be raised on a farm. Turkeys, chickens, duck, geese, even quail are all included under the term poultry.

The chicken is by far the most important bird to humans. There are basically two kinds or types of chicken: broilers or fryers which are raised for meat and layerswhich are used to produce eggs.

Act 1

Will the real broiler chicken

please speak up?

Act 1

Seven Week Old Broiler Chicken

At 38 weeks old, I already weigh 2.249 kilograms. That’s just

about 5 pounds!

Will the real broiler chicken

please speak up?

Act 2

Eggs at a Hatchery

Incubators at large

hatcheries can hold

100,000 eggs at

one time!

Chicks Ready to be Shipped

Will the real broiler chicken

please speak up?

Act 3

Broiler House

Inside the Broiler House

Broilers get plenty of food…

…and water.

Will the real broiler chicken

please speak up?

Act 4

Inside the Broiler House

At the Processing Plant

At the Grocery Store

Will the real broiler chicken

please speak up?

Act 5

Will the real broiler chicken

please speak up?

Sum it up!

How do broiler chickens get from the farm to the

grocery store?

incubatorhatchery

Oneboxes broiler

95°Ffood

water

7-8

processingcleaned

grocery store