Fully cooked. No preservatives. Our chickens are raised with no antibiotics ever. Chicken raised with no hormones or steroids added (Federal Regulations prohibit the use of hormones or steroids in poultry). Our chickens are raised with 100% vegetarian diet. No animal by-product. Cage free our chickens are raised cage-free, not confirmed to cages. If this purchase fails to meet your expectations, I want to know about it. - Jim Perdue.