The money behind the feathers

          Chickens are surprisingly cheap! Day old chicks are bought by huge meat or egg companies for as little as 20 cents in the USA. Chicken is at an all time high in value with of just over 90 cents in the US per pound of meat. You can kind of see why these mega companies try to cram as many chickens into battery to maximise profits but it's not very nice for the chickens. If the hens are for eggs they are kept in cages with eight other chickens. This means each chicken has less space to live in than the area of an A4 page.
           For meat hens they are crammed into giant barns called broilers. here chickens are raised for slaughter in just 6 weeks!
           The poultry industry employ millions of people world wide and is worth billions of euros to the economy. It is worth $25 billion to the Chinese economy alone and employing millions of people around the world today.
           So even though many companies treat chickens in horrible conditions there's no denying that chickens are where the money's at now. Prices of chickens have been on the general increase in the US for the past 30 years! I also am known to dabble in economics so my top tip is don't invest in oil or gas or put your money in a bank account. Buy a chicken farm in the country and you're sorted.