This guide outlines the welfare requirements for meat chickens and breeding chickens.

"I always buy deli, always some bread, tons of meat, kosher chicken and steak."

Transportation to the slaughterhouse is also a problems for the 600 million meat chickens, called broilers, which are eaten in the UK each year.

These good, medium-sized meat chickens have fair egg-laying ability.

This is no longer practiced; modern meat chickens are a different breed.

But remember: Most people, even athletes, can also get everything they offer by eating sources of lean protein like meat, fish, chicken, and dairy products.

Under modern farming methods, meat chickens reared indoors reach slaughter weight at 5 to 6 weeks of age.

Also, all my chickens are layers, not meat chickens, and I don't think I'd slaughter any to eat.

A free range or organic meat chicken will usually be slaughtered at about 14 weeks of age.

Typically, a tagine is a rich stew of meat, chicken, or fish, and most often includes vegetables or fruit.