The eggs hatch after 21 days of incubation. They are placed on litter and grown out to 2.2kg live weight in 39 to 42 days. During the first few weeks of growth they are kept under brooders, devices that are used to keep the chicks warm. The temperature is lowered each week until the birds are adequately feathered to maintain their own body heat. These birds consume approximately 1.85kg of feed per kg of body weight produced over the 42 day period.
Chicken meat is sold as fresh and frozen whole birds or cut up into breasts, halves, and drumsticks.
Chicken can be fried, roasted or broiled. It is sold in nugget form and made into further processed products. It is included in soups and stews. The chickens are loaded into cages on a truck and taken to the processing plant. At the processing plant they are placed on shackles which move through the plant.