Injecting nutrients into the egg's amniotic fluid before hatching could also aid intestinal development in chicks. When ...

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Here's my main feeding and drinking station for my chickens. It consists of 2 x 20 ltr drums of water which lasts several weeks and a treadle feeder holding up to 18 kgs of feed. Discuss this and more ...

For backyard chickens, the number 18 means the same thing. Eighteen weeks is the age when most egg-laying breeds are considered adults. Most excitingly, it’s the time when many breeds will lay their ...

RNA is a naturally occurring nucleic acid present in all living cells. There is no evidence that a synthetic version of it is being added to commercial chicken feed. Aside from a current outbreak of ...

Within moments after the first chick hatches from her egg, a ritual begins that will play out every day for the next two months. Dad brings in a fresh fish, while mom tears tender pieces of it and ...