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'''Chickens''' are common domestic poultry known for their eggs and meat. Male chickens are known as roosters, and female chickens are known as hens. Young chickens are known as chicks.
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Male chickens are known as roosters, and female chickens are known as hens. Young chickens are known as chicks.
  
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Hens will lay between 4 and 15 eggs when provided with a [[nest box]]. A rooster is required to fertilize the eggs, however fertilization is not guaranteed. Once hatched, chicks will grow into adults in 1 year.
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Hens will lay between 4 and 15 eggs and require a [[nest box]] to lay the eggs in. A rooster is required to fertilize the eggs however fertilization is not guaranteed. Once hatched, chicks will grow into adults in 1 year.
  
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Economically speaking, [[egg]]s are a very good source of food (1 egg = 1 meal) - starting out with 5 hens and rooster on embark is an easy way to keep a new fortress fed until larger scale food production can be established. Long-term, [[egg production]] remains a viable food industry, though other domestic birds (such as [[turkey]]s) produce more eggs and meat.
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Economically speaking, eggs are a very good source of food (1 egg = 1 meal) - starting out with 5 hens and rooster on embark is an easy way to keep a new fortress fed until larger scale food production can be established. [[Turkey]]s are more effective in the long run, as they have larger bodies (and therefore more butcherable meat) and lay larger clutches of eggs (10-14) at once; while chickens have a longer lifespan, permitting a number of turkey eggs to hatch will make this largely moot.
  
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Most fortresses will collect the eggs as fast as they are laid but this will prevent expanding your chicken population.  To deliberately expand the population (and provide chickens for a [[meat industry]]), simply forbid one or more stacks of eggs by pressing {{key|t}}, select a nest box in use and press {{key|f}} to forbid the eggs from being collected. Alternatively, deny your dwarves access to the nest boxes with locked doors.
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Be warned that large groups of chickens will require a significant amount of space for them to roam, otherwise they will quickly get into fights; additionally, failing to collect eggs may rapidly lead to a [[catsplosion#Birdsplosion|chickensplosion]].
  
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Be warned that large groups of chickens will require a significant amount of space for them to roam, otherwise they will quickly get into [[overcrowding|fights]]; additionally, failing to collect eggs may rapidly lead to a [[catsplosion#Birdsplosion|chickensplosion]].
 
  
 
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For some reason, roosters give a skull more often than anything else. This may be because the butcher holds it by the throat when cut. It's a well known fact that chickens can run even after being beheaded. For more info see [[Domestic_animal|domestic animals' page]]
 
For some reason, roosters give a skull more often than anything else. This may be because the butcher holds it by the throat when cut. It's a well known fact that chickens can run even after being beheaded. For more info see [[Domestic_animal|domestic animals' page]]
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[[Image:Snow cocks.jpg|thumb|400px|left|Enjoyed for their ''clucking'' and ''scratching'']]
 
  
 
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