The timeline for raising chickens in America has collapsed. What once took a full year now takes two months. That’s not a typo. That’s the current standard, even for birds labeled “organic.” The shift didn’t happen overnight. It was a slow compression. One year became four months. Four months became fourteen weeks. Then twelve. Now eight. The industry calls it progress. The paperwork says no hormones. The contracts say don’t ask.
Dr. Al Sears has been tracking this for over a decade. He started raising concerns when the market age dropped to four months. That was fifteen years ago. Since then, the numbers have kept falling. He recently cited a report showing that even organically raised chickens are being sent to slaughter at eight weeks. That’s half the time it took just a few years ago. The birds are bigger. The growth is faster. The feed is secret.
The process starts with the egg. Farmers don’t just buy fertilized eggs. They sign contracts. The supplier provides the eggs and the feed. The farmer agrees not to question what’s in it. That clause is explicit. The feed formula is proprietary. The farmer is not allowed to test it. Not allowed to substitute it. Not allowed to know. The government backs this arrangement. The USDA enforces it.
This is very concerning
– A chicken to go to market used to take a year in America
– That number went down to 4 months
– It then dropped to 14 weeks, then to 12 weeks🚨 Today even ‘organically’ raised chickens go to market in 8 weeks, the farmers “signs a contract that he will… pic.twitter.com/KbNH0iaLEN
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) June 17, 2025
Sources:
https://alsearsmd.com/dr-sears-we-got-the-results/