Swift's Premium Milk Fed Chickens

Blue and red background with white text and an illustration of a yellow chicken. The chicken is winking at the viewer, while wearing a red bow, necklace and white bonnet, and a beauty mark. The bird sits next to a baby's milk bottle on a fluffy pillow.

Swift’s Premium Milk Fed Chickens were the premium offering of another product line of the highly successful Chicago meat packing company Swift & Co. Founded in 1855 by Gustavus Franklin Swift, Swift & Co. moved into the chicken business in the early 20^th century. These chickens were reported to have been fattened by buttermilk and grain for the last two weeks of their lives, by force if necessary, to produce a better bird. The company is still around somewhat today, but in a very different form, JBS, USA, the largest beef and pork processor in the world, based in Colorado.