Question

What is poultry farming?

Answer 1

Poultry farming is the process of raising domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese for the purpose of farming meat or eggs for food. ... Chickens raised for eggs are usually called layers while chickens raised for meat are often called broilers.

Answer 2

Poultry Poultry farming is the process of raisingdomesticated birds such as chickens, ducks,turkeys and geese for the purpose of farmingmeat or eggs for food. Poultry - mostly chickens - are farmed in great numbers. Farmers raise more than 50 billion chickens annually as a source of food, both for their meat and for their eggs.[1] Chickens raised for eggs are usually called[by whom?] layers while chickens raised for meat are often called broilers.[2]

In the United States, the national organization overseeing poultry production is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the UK, the national organisation is the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

Intensive and alternativeEdit

Biomass of birds on Earth[3]

  Chicken and other poultry (70%)

  Wild birds (30%)

According to the researchers and scientists, 74 percent of the world's poultry meat, and 68 percent of eggs are produced in ways that are described as 'intensive'.[4] One alternative to intensive poultry farming is free-rangefarming using lower stocking densities. Poultry producers routinely use nationally approved medications, such as antibiotics, in feed or drinking water, to treat disease or to prevent disease outbreaks. Some FDA-approved medications are also approved for improved feed utilization.[5]