Month: April 2022

How chicken farms work?

Chickens are either farmed as ‘broilers’ (for meat) or laying hens (for eggs). Both are most commonly reared in intensive farms in the US and much of the rest of the world. Smaller scale, chicken farming does still exist, although these farms are rapidly disappearing. If you’re familiar with poultry farming, however, you know that …

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How chicken breed?

Rhode Island Reds were my very first chickens, and so, of course, they had to be Number one on the list. Australorp chickens are also one of the top layers averaging 250 light brown eggs a year. A couple additional things to look into are easter egger, buff orpingtons, cochin, leghorns, silkie, sussex, jersey giant, …

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