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What was the 364% grows caused by?

Is this due to selection (like a modern corn we have) or antibiotics being fed to the livestock? (of course, the answer is both but maybe I am missing something).

And a question to a no-tasty-chicken-in-markets adepts, have you (or your farmer/supplier) ever tried to take a modern-genetics chicken and feed them with no antibiotics or other grow-stimulators - what is the taste?

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Antibiotics doesn't lead to growth, it prevents infection and diseases.

They are/have been also used to promote growth. That's banned in the EU at least, but I think American producers still do it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic_use_in_livestock#Gr...

Hmm, probably because the chicken's gut flora doesn't consume the calories.

Most of farmers buying big loads of antibiotics are not doctors/veterinars. Maybe they are just too hacker-minded if they use to convert meds to extra gains from meat. And from my experience chicken are not that vulnerable to diseases, like rabbits for example.

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