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  2. Poultry feed - Wikipedia

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    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] In industrial agriculture, machinery is used to automate the feeding process, reducing the cost and increasing the scale of farming.

  3. Feed conversion ratio - Wikipedia

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    As of 2011 in the US, broiler chickens has an FCR of 1.6 based on body weight gain, and mature in 39 days. [25] At around the same time the FCR based on weight gain for broilers in Brazil was 1.8. [25] The global average in 2013 is around 2.0 for weight gain (live weight) and 2.8 for slaughtered meat (carcass weight). [26]

  4. These Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs Require Almost Zero Effort - AOL

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    Add the chicken thighs, skin-side down, and cook until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Remove to a plate. Arrange the carrots and potatoes in a single layer in a 6-quart slow cooker.

  5. Leghorn chicken - Wikipedia

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    Leghorns are good layers of white eggs, laying an average of 280 per year and sometimes reaching 300–320, with a weight of at least 55 g. [6] White Leghorns have been much used to create highly productive egg-laying hybrids for commercial and industrial operations. [11]: 161

  6. Poultry farming - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Chickens raised for eggs are known as layers, while chickens raised for meat are called broilers. [4] In the United States, the national organization overseeing poultry production is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the UK, the national organisation is the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

  7. Welfare of broiler chickens - Wikipedia

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    One indication of the effect of broilers' rapid growth rate on welfare is a comparison of the usual mortality rate for standard broiler chickens (1% per week) with that for slower-growing broiler chickens (0.25% per week) and with young laying hens (0.14% per week); the mortality rate of the fast-growing broilers is seven times the rate of ...

  8. Broiler industry - Wikipedia

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    Broiler breeder farms raise parent stock which produce fertilized eggs. A broiler hatching egg is never sold at stores and is not meant for human consumption. [9] The males and females are separate genetic lines or breeds, so that each line can be selected for optimal traits for productivity in either females or males, rather than a single line in which a compromise is reached between female ...

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    The University of Colorado has arranged to obtain a record amount of insurance coverage for Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter and quarterback Shedeur Sanders to protect them in case they are ...

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