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The quantity of feed, and the nutritional requirements of the feed, depend on the weight and age of the poultry, their rate of growth, their rate of egg production, the weather (cold or wet weather causes higher energy expenditure), and the amount of nutrition the poultry obtain from foraging. This results in a wide variety of feed formulations.
[20] [21] Generally, chicken breeds with white ear lobes lay white eggs, whereas chickens with red ear lobes lay brown eggs. [22] Although there is no significant link between shell color and nutritional value, often there is a cultural preference for one color over another (see § Color of eggshell below). As candling is less effective with ...
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It is a calm and docile breed; the cocks are rarely aggressive. The hens lay very large brown eggs, and are fair layers overall, known particularly as good winter layers. The birds are robust and fairly cold-hardy. The breed's plumage comes in blue as well as black and white; legs are willow in hue. Jersey Giant hens will go broody. [2]
The poisoned chicken sickens customers, and Lee Roy, forced to try it, enjoys it briefly before succumbing to diarrhea. General Lee Roy lays an egg in the bathroom and is attacked by the chicken that hatches from the egg, before biting its head off and is sprayed with green blood. He becomes a giant egg and hatches into a chicken zombie.
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The yolk of a chicken egg Diagram of a fish egg; the yolk is the area which is marked 'C'. Among animals which produce eggs, the yolk (/ ˈ j oʊ k /; also known as the vitellus) is the nutrient-bearing portion of the egg whose primary function is to supply food for the development of the embryo.
The Australorp is an Australian breed of dual-purpose utility chicken.It derives from the British Black Orpington, and was selectively bred for egg-laying performance; some hens lay more than 300 eggs per year.