They serve as both egg-laying and meat chickens pretty well.
Most chickens are used for both egg laying and meat. A chicken lays the most year in her first year of egg laying. After two years, she is finished with her job of egg laying and is sent to the grocery store for someone to eat.
For egg laying, Rhodeisland, wyandotte, orpingtons, buck-eye, andmany others. for meat, mostlywhite leghorn.
grower feeds are the one fed for the meat purpose and layer feed are fed for laying eggs
Simple logic: Meat queen chickens lay eggs; meat king chickens lay meat queen chickens.
No, both male and female chickens can be sold as meat in grocery stores. However, female chickens (hens) are typically preferred for their tender meat, while male chickens (cocks or roosters) are less commonly sold due to their tougher texture.
Chickens raised for broilers are processed at about 18 weeks old and never lay an egg. They are for meat only. Raising chickens for eggs means to feed them special diets to maximize egg production, these birds are usually kept for 18 to 24 months and then processed for meat after prime egg laying is over.
Chicken serve a dual purpose: They provide eggs and meat. Realize that the chickens we get in the grocery store are only around 6-8 weeks old. Chickens don't start laying until they are around 6 months old. So, if you are thinking about cooking up old layers, the meat will be tougher than that from young chickens.
All chickens are edible. Some are raised specifically for meat not eggs but even laying chickens can be eaten. Old hens and roosters can be used for food also, they just need special cooking to tenderize the tougher flesh.
Meat is a sub category of food.
Chickens are mostly used for their meat and their eggs.
meat goat is wild