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  2. Can chickens eat bird food? We asked a vet - AOL

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    While chickens can eat a variety of kitchen scraps, Dr. MacMillan says there are some that you should avoid. "Uncooked potatoes and their peelings should not be fed to chickens as they can be ...

  3. Can chickens fly? Here's everything to know about the bird's ...

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    Chickens are natural foragers, Purina Mills reports. So, there is a variety of vegetables, herbs and perennials that are part of a chicken's diet. So, there is a variety of vegetables, herbs and ...

  4. Poultry feed - Wikipedia

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    Diseases can be avoided with proper maintenance of the feed and feeder. A feeder is the device that supplies the feed to the poultry. [8] For privately raised chickens, or chickens as pets, feed can be delivered through jar, trough or tube feeders. The use of poultry feed can also be supplemented with food found through foraging. [9]

  5. Pet Chickens Treated to Daily 'Cheese Time' with Their Human ...

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    Chickens are omnivores, who can eat grains, bugs, vegetables, meat, and a variety of table scraps. Though it’s not a good idea to feed chickens too much dairy, as it’s very high in fat and you ...

  6. Cannibalism in poultry - Wikipedia

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    Feather eating is another potential cause to cannibalism. Feather eating is a behaviour similar to feather pecking where poultry will peck at other members of the flock to eat their feathers. [ 2 ] In a study of F2 cross of hens for aggressive pecking behaviour it was seen that feather eating during a chicks rearing stage of life meant it had a ...

  7. Histomoniasis - Wikipedia

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    Thus, chickens can be infected carriers for a long time because they are not removed or medicated by their owners, and they do not die or stop eating/defecating. H. gallinarum eggs can remain infective in soil for four years, a high risk of transmitting blackhead to turkeys remains if they graze areas with chicken feces [ 5 ] in this time frame.

  8. How to Raise Chickens: An Easy-to-Follow Guide for Beginners

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    Chickens can harbor dangerous bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli, so “washing your hands thoroughly or using an alcohol-based gel after all contact with poultry or eggs is the best way to ...

  9. Poultry farming - Wikipedia

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    Meat chickens, commonly called broilers, are floor-raised on litter such as wood shavings, peanut shells, and rice hulls, indoors in climate-controlled housing. Under modern farming methods, meat chickens reared indoors reach slaughter weight at 5 to 9 weeks of age, as they have been selectively bred to do so. In the first week of a broiler's ...