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chickens
Why do chickens sing after laying eggs?
Why is “chick sexing” practiced?
Why and how are male chicks of egg-laying breeds killed?
What is the Roche scale?
What parts is an egg made up of?
Why is it recommended to store eggs in the refrigerator when buying them in the store?
Why are eggs packaged upside down, with the tip facing down?
What happens inside the fertilized egg after oviposition?
What is egg tooth?
What is meant by dual-purpose breeds and why are they interesting as an alternative to killing male chicks?
As a consumer, how can I contribute, through the eggs I buy, to avoiding the killing of male chicks?
Why do chickens often stroke their feathers with their beaks?
What are the functions of plumage?
What does broiler mean?
“Chicken Brain” – Is It Really That Small?
Why do chickens keep moving their heads when they are looking at something?
When did the domestication of chickens begin in our latitudes?
What was the main use of poultry products during the Middle Ages?
What was the supply and demand relationship for poultry in the early modern era?
Where did poultry farming stand in relation to other livestock farming sectors between the 19th and 20th centuries?
How can we explain the growth of poultry farming between the First World War and the post-World War II period?
Why is the Swiss hen a representative breed of national poultry farming beyond the white and red colors that characterize it?
What does the expression “going to bed with the chickens” refer to?
What was the importance of the laying hen in the diet of the early twentieth century?
How were eggs stored before the invention of the refrigerator?
What was the importance of chicken meat in the early twentieth century diet?
Why do we say “old hen makes good broth”?
How did interest in the poultry sector change in the first half of the twentieth century?
What is the cloaca?
Is it true that a hen lays one egg a day?