7. Kentucky
Number produced: 307.70 million
Pounds produced: 1.78 billion
Value of production: $960.17 million
It would be blasphemous for Kentucky, next on the list of biggest chicken producing states in America not to be a part of a list related to chicken. For those of you who don’t know, Kentucky is the state of origin of the famous fast food franchise KFC. The founder, Colonel Sanders, whose face is used as the restaurant’s logo to this day, started selling fried chicken from a filling station he was in charge of, located in the small city of Corbin, Kentucky. Although the franchise has changed plenty of hands over the years, Colonel Sander’s face continues to be one of the most recognized faces in the world of food.
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