gor[b] Paul Gorbould: Words and Pictures

You, the one with the huge breasts

Little known fact - it's the 50th anniversary of broiler chicken.

To commemorate the auspicious moment, CBC Calgary has put together a terrifying time-lapse slideshow of how the cute little chick of yesteryear have morphed into the mutant, top-heavy freak seen in this police lineup style shot.

Check out the photo gallery "50 years of Broiler Chicken - 1957 to today" to see how large and quickly chickens grow today. (The image above shows the eatin' on a 55-day-old bird from 2007 compared to the scrawny weaklings of 1957. Kids these days.)

No wonder Alberta likes its beef. I wonder what the sirloin photo gallery would look like?