| Nisley also raises Cornish cross broilers for meat in the spring, takes orders for them, and processes them on his farm. |
| That has led to many hundreds of hens, roosters, and broilers, ten of thousands of eggs and freezers full of meat. |
| In 2002 the United Kingdom reared approximately 810,000,000 broilers for meat and approximately 680,000,000 female breeder chicks. |
| While broilers were bred to put on as much breast meat as quickly as possible, other hens were bred to lay big eggs as often as possible. |
| Chickens, particularly broilers, fall prey to a similar condition called ascites. |
| Battery hens and broilers suffer disease and injuries, and mutilation such as de-beaking. |
