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2. Poultry feed - Wikipedia

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   To calculate poultry feed, it is important to determine the nutritional requirements of the flock based on their age, breed, and purpose. Using suitable feed ingredients, the proportions can be calculated with the help of a balanced formula or tools like the online layer chicken feed calculator. Finally, the feed is mixed thoroughly and ...

3. Poultry farming - Wikipedia

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   A dual-purpose chicken is a type of chicken that may be used in the production of both eggs and meat. [42] In the past, many chicken breeds were selected for both functions. However, since the advent of laying and meat hybrids, industrial chicken breeding has made a sharp distinction between chickens with either function, [ 43 ] so that certain ...

4. Broiler - Wikipedia

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   Mass production of chicken meat is a global industry and at that time, only two or three breeding companies supplied around 90% of the world's breeder-broilers. The total number of meat chickens produced in the world was nearly 47 billion in 2004; of these, approximately 19% were produced in the US, 15% in China, 13% in the EU25 and 11% in Brazil.

5. Chicken - Wikipedia

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   The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs ; others are kept as pets [ 1 ] or for cockfighting .

6. Creep feeding - Wikipedia

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   A 500 lb (230 kg) calf requires 50 pounds (23 kg) of milk, but a beef cow only produces approximately 13 pounds (5.9 kg) of milk a day. [1] The 500-lb calf is therefore shorted nearly 40 pounds (18 kg) of milk. [1] This difference is made up for by offering creep feed. [1]

7. Cockfighting - Wikipedia

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   The purpose of tabuh rah is to provide an offering (the blood of the losing chicken) to the evil spirits. Cockfighting is a religious obligation at every Balinese temple festival or religious ceremony. [28] Cockfights without a religious purpose are considered gambling in Indonesia, although it is still largely practiced in many parts of ...