From Coop to Cacciatore There are 11 billion chickens in the world, and they are not evenly distributed. Modern poultry production is an Orwellian nightmare. Chickens are debeaked, clipped, and declawed. They are injected with antibiotics and hormones from birth. They are fed their own manure as a filler.
Cancer is a big problem, dragging profits down.
About 40 percent of the chicken you buy at the supermarket carries salmonella. Eggs, which are full of fat, cholesterol, and protein, have more and more chances of carrying salmonella. There are no requirements and no inspections by the government for salmonella in any noncanned products. As a treat, eggs and chocolate bars are about dead even. We produce over 300 billion eggs per year in this country.