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insemination is extremely important to the business in all types of animal based agriculture from large ruminants like cows to chickens. Artificial insemination is important, in the industry, because of factors such as genetic variation, practicality, and in commercial meat birds such as turkeys and some chicken breeds the rooster is unable to successfully mate with the hen because of his large breast. Since artificial insemination is such a large component of the agriculture industry is important that the…

zone to rest in. The perches along the top will make the hens happier and lead to an increase in egg production. The kit chicken coop does not allow a spot for the chickens to roost. There is a small rod at the bottom of the coop that is big enough for one chicken and is not off the ground. This is a problem because you need room for all your chickens to roost. Roosts also need to be off the ground. This keeps them from sleeping in their own feces. Having roosts that are to small and not off…

change the commandments of Animalism to suit his growing greed and which made what he did excusable. When hens had protest, Napoleon stop the hen’s rations and made feeding hen punishable by death. As this quote states, “The hens made a determined effort to thwart Napoleon’s wishes. Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly. He ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much of a grain of corn to a hen should be punishable by death.” (76) . As a leader, Napoleon…

It’s almost like someone was wanting me to lose the competition. The fair was in four days and her feathers were everywhere in the hen house, but yet there was no blood to be seen. Waking up that morning and seeing the sun glow through my window was a good feeling, but not good enough for what happened that day. My morning routine was same as usual, get up, get dressed and go outside and feed the animals. One morning, I went outside and I look over at the hen house. Our hen house isn’t…

Introduction Aggressive behaviour in laying hens may be problematic, especially when behaviours such as feather pecking and cannibalism occur (Hughes, 1997). One article states that, in small flocks of laying hens, aggressive behaviour is exhibited when unfamiliar birds are present (D’Eath, 2003). Chickens tend to form dominance hierarchies, which leads to fighting to establish dominance, which may also be called a pecking order (D’Eath, 2003). In smaller flocks, once dominance has been…

My Haven I am the girl who sits in the front of the class. I never say a word in class and unless the teacher asks me a question. No one can hear my voice but my family. I never say a word because my bashfulness. Ask me to write an essay then, that’s when the teacher can hear my voice through the words on paper. Writing is where I find my fortress; people may not hear me speak but be able to hear my voice in my writings. I can deliberate on how I feel about a topic or story. Ever since I was…

me to lose the competition. The fair was in four days and her feathers were everywhere in the hen house, but yet there was no blood to be seen. If someone this cruel is going to do this to me and my hen, they’ve got another thing coming. My morning routine was same as usual, get up, get dressed and go outside and feed animals. If you haven’t guessed, I live on a farm. One particular morning, I went outside and I look over to the hen house and they’re were feathers everywhere. But these…

has given the chicken to examine the appearance that shown the chicken should be culling. The hens was about one year to be raising so there are some of physical sign that we can see. From our view the chicken are less feather due to the slow molt. Molt is another factor used to evaluate the persistency of lay of hens. A hen usually starts molting at any time of the year she stops laying. Hens cease laying completely or almost completely during the molt. The good layer producers lay late in the…

nonconformist can be dangerous way of life. That's why most people just follow the norm and live an ordinary life. This can be shown with hens in the novel animal farm written by George Orwell. The hens are the nonconformist, they choose to not go along with the pigs plan to give eggs to them. However some people choose the easy way to conform to society rules. The nonconformist in the novel are the sheep, they believe and go along with everything the pigs tell them.…

can indicate a problem. White layers (laying hens) have a mortality between 0.7 and 0.8 percent during a 4 week period…