To be fair, they already kinda do that. The chickens are massive compared to normal ones we would’ve had decades ago, which can lead to some premature deaths (I think it’s heart issues?)

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago

For some breeds if you let them live to full adulthood instead of slaughtering them at 6 weeks they can't really walk well. The extra muscle doesn't make them stronger, it just adds so much bulk they can't move it all. It's pretty sad.

[–] NFord@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Wow, science actually does something useful for a change. There's no way I'm giving up my 40 piece McNuggets over some stupid germs 😂 😂 😂

[–] SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago

we've been using crispr to perform gene editing for 11 years now. "science" articles need to stop using analogies about it.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We could just stop eating chickens. 🙄