3 Chickens for Every Person Alive Today | Historic Facts

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World loves chicken so much there are 3 of them for every person alive today. Below are the quick facts about the chickens that all the chicken lovers should know:

66 billion chickens are consumed by 7 billion humans during 2016. Could have increased now.
There were 3-5 billion population of passenger pigeons in 1800. It was the most common wild in human history before chickens took over.
23 billion World’s chicken population at any time. Broiler chicken are harvested every 5-7 weeks.
World’s Chicken weight is able 3 times higher than all the other wild birds together.
They grow 3 times faster than the jungle fowl, their wild ancestor.
Modern broiler chicken weigh 4-5 times as much as 1957 breeds.

Historic Facts:

The country chicken has been around for 8,000 years.
Chicken bones believed to be more than 4,000 years old that have been found near the Indus Valley location.
The modern broiler chicken was first bred in America during 1950’s, has a little common with its ancestor.
These broiler chicken are man made and it cannot survive without human assistance.
Broiler chicken suffers terribly if left alive for more than weeks.

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