chicken farm

Egg production facility

A chicken farm is an agricultural operation that raises chickens, typically for eggs, meat, or both.

These range from small backyard operations to massive industrial facilities housing thousands of birds.

Her family ran a chicken farm in rural Georgia.

The term sometimes appears in contexts distinguishing traditional farming from factory farming practices.

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eggs · egg production · broiler · laying · feathers · pecking · pecking order · clucking · barnyard · feed · grain · incubator · hatchery · free-range · battery · nesting · roost · chicks

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livestock type

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Bovine breeding enterprise

dairy farm · pig farm · fish farm · goat farm · duck farm

agricultural purpose

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Land for raising plants

vegetable farm · grain farm · wheat field · orchard · vineyard

wild vs. domesticated

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Protected area for animals

nature preserve · bird sanctuary · jungle · wilderness

Family

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