How Long Before A Chicken Is Ready For Slaughter?
How Long Before A Chicken Is Ready For Slaughter? Broiler chickens are transported twice in their lives: once as chicks, when they are transferred from hatcheries to grow-out barns, and finally from barns to the slaughterhouse at around 47 days of age. At what age are meat chickens slaughtered? Chickens labeled as “Broiler-fryers” are young,