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If you are interested in career in chicken in try to study poultry science in college. Unfortunately, not to many students choose this study. Poultry science may be an interesting subject. If you choose it you will take classes like Avian Anatomy, Avian Genetics, Food Microbiology and Avian Meat Production. Choosing to become a poultry scientist is a wise decision because there may be a lot of good jobs available, especially since people eat more and more chicken. Here are links to some Poultry Science colleges in the USA:








 Economy

No matter where you live, there must be a chicken around. That is, unless you live in Antarctica. Species of chicken are raised in all parts of the world usually for their nutritional value. Being chicken is not the best thing you can be, since most likely  you will end up on someone's dinner plate. Today, almost 9 billion chicken in the USA are raised for meat or egg production. Chickens are the most common farm animal around the world.


Recently, the prices of the food have gone up. Population of the world is growing and the farming land is disappearing. With strange weather patterns seen around the world, major hurricanes, record colds, and other disasters, the production of grains and vegetables is down. This makes prices for us, people who buy it go up. The beef industry is having major issues. While beef was once everyone's favorite food, the outbreak of the scary mad cow disease has almost destroyed beef industry in some countries. Prices of the beef went up as well.
However, chicken remained affordable and available. Demand for chicken means jobs for millions of people.From farms to transportation to restaurant crews, careers related to chicken create many different job opportunities.




The price of chicken depend on many factors. To begin with there is a cost of feeding and raising chicken. Often chicken feed includes corn and soybean and price of these crops effects the price of chicken. In addition, high beef prices  make chicken appear even more affordable.


Finally, there is the issue of diet. The whole world seems to follow diet craze and tries to lose weight. For a while Atkins Diet made beef the most popular meat around. While this affected the demand for chicken, it also increased the demand for eggs. After a while, people realized the high cost and cholesterol value of beef and turned back to chicken. With its lower fat and high protein content, chicken makes a great diet food. In addition the popularity of eggs has increased. For a while people stayed off too many eggs because they were afraid of cholesterol. But that changed with an "Incredible Edible Egg " campaign.




Chicken today provides millions of jobs and millions of dollars in income. It is a popular food and in great demand. Because of worldwide consumption, chicken industry is incredibly important to world economy.