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Will hormones affect the quality of chickens?
Any breeding technology only promotes animals to turn feed into meat. Even with hormones, chickens can't grow meat out of thin air. The main factors affecting the "transformation efficiency" are chicken breeds, feed and feeding conditions. The reason why broilers are "broilers" is that after careful feeding, the ability to turn feed into meat has achieved a leap of "gun for gun". The formula of chicken feed is actually more detailed than people's "nutritious meal". It will be adjusted at different times to completely convert it into chicken. In addition, the light, temperature and humidity in the henhouse should be optimized to promote the growth of chickens to the maximum extent.

Such chicken breeds and feeding methods make the chicken's ability to grow meat amazing. In a good chicken farm, broilers can convert two kilograms of feed into one kilogram of meat; 6 weeks to 5 kg, just the normal level of the industry. The average slaughter time is between 42 and 48 days, and 45 days is the normal level.

Theoretically, there may indeed be hormones that can promote this transformation. But breeding and feed improvement are completely unnecessary, and it is forbidden to feed chickens with hormones all over the world. No one has studied how to use hormones to "safely and effectively urge chickens", and "illegal chicken farmers" do not know how to choose. The indiscriminate use of hormones may be counterproductive. These chickens, which are specially made for growing meat, have an "unhealthy" lifestyle and are more sensitive and fragile than ordinary chickens. Giving them hormones at will may not necessarily promote the growth of meat, but may cause them to die of computer viruses. The risk of "stealing chickens and touching dogs" is really great.