Kitchen

[OhioAngel]

YES for sure! I only buy the tenders 

[CAMOGIRL]

Freaked out?, made me laugh... but, definitely agree that are getting bigger... and, in this case, bigger is not always better ... quite the opposite really.

Several years ago now, I started buying whole chickens or breast and thigh pieces from a Mexican meat market down in town.  And, they are so much better!!! For a whole chicken, they range pretty much range from a little less than 2 1/2 - 3 lbs max. The meat is tender and juicy, just like a chicken off the farm at my Gramma’s house. Yummy! 

The chicken industry is just ruining the chickens - don’t really know what they are thinking. Not much - obviously. Except they can get more money for a chicken pumped full of junk. 🐔

[denisemb]

We call them emu breasts ;

[ID2]

I live rural and only buy my chicken from the local farms in our area. No huge chickens, just the normal size. 

[CelticCrafter]

We no longer buy Perdue chicken legs and thighs because of the size of them.

They're tough and stringy and I can't stomach the smell of them while they are in the oven.

I don't know what Tyson is like because now when we want chicken parts, we buy them from a small market.

[Imaoldhippie]

Another reason for me to not like chicken.  Yuck!

Several years ago a friend of mine raised special feeder chickens.  He bought them as chicks and they were a special breed that does nothing but eat, making them gain weight and get large in a very short amount of time.  As soon as they got a certain weight they were slaughtered.

I dont buy chicken so I have not paid any attention to them but Im guessing they are genetically altered animals.

[SahmIam]

@kittyloo To answer your question, yes. 

I have 3 different brands in my freezer: in one package, they are small and about the size of a playing card. They're WW and I purchased them on sale. They are NOT big in any way and these are size/weight that WW uses regarding points. Another pack is from Costco and each breast in the pack is equal to 2 of these plus a little bit more. To me, these are "normal" sized chicken breasts. The third is a fresh pack from Aldi's and these are HUGE... I mean HUGE. The thickest part is 3 inches minimum and they're about 7 inches plus in length. I can feed 2 with one of these. 

I do wonder how there is such a difference in size. I think the same thing when I look at turkey breasts; how big WAS that turkey for the breasts to be SO LARGE?!

Freaky is an understatement : (