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  2. Poultry farming - Wikipedia

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    In the first week of a broiler's life, it can grow up to 300 percent of its body size. A nine-week-old broiler averages over 9 pounds (4 kg) in body weight. At nine weeks, a hen will average around 7 pounds (3.2 kg) and a rooster will weigh around 12 pounds (5.5 kg), having a nine-pound (4 kg) average. Broilers are not raised in cages.

  3. Broiler industry - Wikipedia

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    Five-day-old broiler strain Cornish-Rock chicks. Hatcheries take the fertilized eggs, incubate them, and produce day-old broiler chicks. [citation needed] Incubation takes about 21 days, and is often a two-step process. Initial incubation is done in machines known as setters. A modern setter is the size of a large room, with a central corridor ...

  4. Welfare of broiler chickens - Wikipedia

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    One-day-old chicks arriving to be unpacked and placed in shed Young birds being reared in a closed broiler house. Artificial selection has led to a great increase in the speed with which broilers develop and reach slaughter-weight. The time required to reach 1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz) live-weight decreased from 120 days to 30 days between 1925 and 2005.

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  6. Chick sexing - Wikipedia

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    Vent sexing in Wenchang, Hainan, China (2014). Vent sexing, also known simply as venting, involves squeezing the feces out of the chick, which opens up the chick's anal vent (called a cloaca) slightly, allowing the chicken sexer to see if the chick has a small "bump", which would indicate that the chick is a male.

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  9. Broiler - Wikipedia

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    One-day-old chicks arriving to be unpacked and placed in shed Artificial selection has led to a great increase in the speed with which broilers develop and reach slaughter-weight. [ 2 ] Selection and husbandry for very fast growth means there is a genetically induced mismatch between the energy-supplying organs of the broiler and its energy ...