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Feeding Meat Chickens

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Growing animals require the right balance of nutrients to allow for tissue growth as well as maintenance of the body as a whole. The chicken meat bird, known as a broiler, is the poultry species for which requirements are best known because it is the most frequently studied.

Feeding chickens for meat consumption (eXtension)

Principles of feeding small flocks of chickens at home (Utah State University)

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Dr. Tony Pescatore
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900 W.P. Garrigus Building
Lexington, KY 40546
859-257-2686

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