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A #chickencoop must be well ventilated, yet does not provide easy access for predatory animals such as dogs, foxes and wolves.

A #freerange or #organicmeat #chicken will usually be slaughtered at about 14 weeks of age.

#Chickens will naturally live for 6 or more years, but broiler chickens typically take less than 6 weeks to reach slaughter size.

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#Chickens farmed for meat are called #broilerchickens.

Never feed chickens (or any other bird) avocado. Avocados (their peelings, the fruit itself, and the seeds) are POISONOUS TO BIRDS.

Laying hens require calcium for egg shells. During the laying season, put a pile or box of crushed clam shells in their pen.

In nature #chickens are the garbage cleaners of the south east Asian jungle. There is very little that they won't eat.

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You can feed #yourchickens in a trough, appropriate sized container, or by scattering the food on the ground.

For everyday food you can feed your chickens either chicken food (found at feed stores) or pig food.

Keeping your #chickens happy is very easy to do. If you have a big enough pen then you will already have very #happychickens.

Just hatchedchicks need warmth, drink, food, and comfort.

Before hatching, the hen can hear the chicks peeping inside the eggs, and will gently cluck to stimulate them to break out of their shells

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At the end of the incubation period (about 21 days), the eggs, if fertile, will hatch.

Modern egg-laying #breeds rarely go broody, and those that do often stop part-way through the incubation.

To stop brooding, the owner may place the hen in an elevated cage with an open wire floor.

To stimulate #broodiness, an owner may place many #artificial #eggs in the nest.