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

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   Nesting Box Hens crave privacy and darkness when laying eggs, so plan for at least one nesting box for every four or five hens. ... Aivituvin Large Chicken Coop with Run. Home Depot. $1163.99 ...

3. Poultry farming - Wikipedia

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   There may be nest boxes and perches in the house. There is a long-standing controversy over the basic need for a chicken coop. One philosophy, known as the "fresh air school", holds that chickens are mostly hardy but can be brought low by confinement, poor air quality and darkness, hence the need for a highly ventilated or open-sided coop with ...

4. Chicken tractor - Wikipedia

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   A home-built chicken tractor, without wheels, built to house a small number of hens. A chicken tractor (sometimes called an ark) is a movable chicken coop lacking a floor. Chicken tractors may also house other kinds of poultry. Most chicken tractors are a lightly built A-frame which one person can drag about the yard. It may have wheels on one ...

5. Furnished cage - Wikipedia

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   A furnished cage, sometimes called enriched cage, colony cage or modified cage, is a type of cage used in poultry farming for egg laying hens.Furnished cages have been designed to overcome some of the welfare concerns of battery cages (also called 'conventional' or 'traditional cages') whilst retaining their economic and husbandry advantages, and also provide some of the welfare advantages ...

6. Poultry farming in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 1896, farmer Nettie Metcalf created the Buckeye chicken breed in Warren, Ohio. [4] [5] [6] In 1905, Buckeyes became an official breed under the American Poultry Association. [7] The Buckeye breed is the first recorded chicken breed to be created and developed by a woman. [8] [9] [10]

7. Nest box - Wikipedia

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   A nest box, also spelled nestbox, is a man-made enclosure provided for animals to nest in. Nest boxes are most frequently utilized for birds, in which case they are also called birdhouses or a birdbox/bird box, but some mammals such as bats may also use them. Placing nestboxes or roosting boxes may also be used to help maintain populations of ...