Back when I was 16 I used to have fried chicken, get this
three times a day.
The juices are flowing from this thing like the River Thames.
I'm expecting maybe some big machine, like a big knife going doof, doof,
doof, doof to the chicken.
What the hell did I get myself into by doing this documentary?
That's disgusting man.
That, that... oh that is sick!
Originally I'm from London and my mind's quite small but
I'm sure it comes from big farms somewhere up north or something.
I never really thought about it but hey, we can find out.
One, two, three, four.
Hi there, can I have an option one please?
What drink would you like?
Have you got the strawberry Mirinda?
This is the best fried chicken in London. I haven't had any better.
Yeah it is isn't it? This is proper.
Woah.
Left leg first?
Whatever's more comfortable for you, alright?
So, extra room in there alright?
That's trendy you know, that's trend.
Are you ready for this? Yeah, I'm ready, I'm ready.
So welcome to our chicken house.
Oh my god.
The scale of it... and you said this is the small house?
I feel like I'm in a Hollywood movie.
This is where my chicken fillet is coming from.
Yes it is, yeah.
I am really proud of these birds.
I'm proud of what we're doing.
I'm proud that we're creating a really high welfare for our birds
They are 18 days old today.
So they arrive on the day that they're born... Until?
Sort of, about day 39.
This gets all taken out, completely washed down
and then we get set up for the new ones.
I thought the chickens stayed here for like, two or three years?
No.
They're quite happy. They're chattering.
They are. They're saying "Everyone move out the way."
Yeah exactly. "We're coming through."
I do definitely feel a happy vibe
I feel like they're treated really nicely
they have their food, they have their water, it's nice in here, it feels really good
and they do look like happy animals.
These are live animals man. These are real animals.
These are real creatures
and you know what? They don't even stay in there for that long which was surprising.
That's because we are making the demand and
therefore we want the supply and this is what we have to do.
Can I wear it like this? Can I wear it styled out?
You can wear it styled out if you wish. Lovely.
I've seen birds like these on the farm, on the beginning days of their life
seeing them here like this now where they're squashed like a product...
It's harsh man. This is their final moments.
You get this really, really deep smell because this part of the factory is quite warm and humid
so you really smell this warm smelling of chicken.
These chickens literally were killed five minutes ago.
I can't breathe.
Can't bear that smell.
It's very simple. It's just a conveyor, two lines going up and down
so you're just about to see 10km of track with birds on.
Right now I feel as if I'm really seeing how huge it is
our chicken consumption in the UK.
This is absolutely huge.
Chicken, thousands of them passing me every couple of minutes.
Look at that. Oh my god. Look at that, look at that.
That, that... oh that is sick! Look how it's managing that.
That is so technical.
And they're sharp, doof doof.
Hi mate. Can I order one piece chicken and chips drink.
No problem, anything else?
That's all thank you.
So here we are at the beginning again where this all started and
I'm looking at this leg... when I first started this documentary
when I first started this journey to see how this stuff is made
I'm going to see like small farm and it's going to be like hey, hey, hey, all fun, all fun...
and now I know where it's come from.
Through this process I've actually started to eat less meat and
to be honest with you like, right now
I don't really want to eat this.
Looking at this is like,
I'm going to have to have maybe a couple of days or something without eating meat..
You can't show me eating it because like, then it's like...
Listen this chicken shop here in Hereford, it's amazing but...
Oh my god, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no.
I just had a bite of the chicken and that same smell that I
that I smelled in the slaughter house
I just tasted it in the chicken.
I went to the inside bit and that kind of stench after the chickens have been killed
and the blood and stuff, I just tasted it in the chicken.
It, it, that, that, that...
Oh my god man, I can't even speak properly. That just made it real man.
I just tasted the smell of the slaughter house in the chicken.
What the hell did I get myself into by doing this documentary man?
That's disgusting man. Ok... I guess this is the big problem that we have
It's not that... It's disgusting connecting the two places but
the fried chicken tastes good at the same time man, I'm sure that's the problem a lot of people have.
But I'm tasting how it's made, how it's kill....
Ok I'm done, I'm done, I can't have any more.