Those go into the stew pot for chicken and dumplins and simmer all day.
You think they’re implants?
A turchikn!
Wow! You just described my wi….never mind.
That is a result of genetic modification. And even more successful is the breast of a turkey. Back in the 50's as a boy my parents used to raise broiler chickens and also laying hens and the broilers could hardly fly while the egg layers could fly for a short distance. I also worked part-time for a neighbor who was raising turkeys for the meat market and they too could still fly a little and the breasts in both birds are much larger today than they were back then.
Genetic mod has continued. I raised broilers and layers in the 80s. For broilers, I raised Rock Cornish Cross chicks. They grow so fast that some actually outgrow their legs and become unable to walk. According to the supplier, 10 weeks was max age. I would dress them out at around 6 weeks and would have 6-7 lb whole chickens. I only fed them organic grains (no estrogen, no antibiotics), so the only thing impacting their growth and size was their genetics.
At least when I argue on the internet I don’t get punched in the nose.
That's what they used to do. When a laying hen got old and stopped laying, she became a stewing hen!!
I tried that once. Hen stopped laying, we dressed her out and made the absolutely worst chicken dish EVER. Guess it’s possible I didn’t do something right… but I tried a couple of different things. When pressure cooking resulted in tough, bland flavored chicken, I gave up and said never again to the idea of eating used up layers.
