Chicken Farming

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     Chicken farming is very unique in ways. There are also several things that many people don't know about. Chicken farming is a lucrative business meaning you have to achieve it under good management. Breaking that down means that chickens need to be watched closely and taken care of every day. Chickens are very vulnerable to disease. Disease is the main factor that chicken farmers have to look out for. If one chicken gets a disease and it goes unmonitored or controlled then it can quickly spread to the rest of the chickens and soon the farmer will lose their chickens. Chickens are a unique animal. They don't require a large amount of space to stay healthy. However, chickens that have a lot of areas available to them are more likely to produce a larger amount of eggs. Free-range chickens (meaning that they aren't kept in cages and are able to move around outside and inside freely) produce healthier and more tasteful eggs for consumers. It may seem gross but free-range chickens have access to eat bugs. Bugs, clover, and several types of grasses that chickens eat make the eggs more tasteful. The demand for free-range/cage-free eggs keeps getting higher and higher. 


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