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Provincially inspected chicken processing facility.
New chicks at the watering apparatus.
Eggs are place on plastic sanitized trays in the packing area.
Eggs are sorted by weight.
Feed is formulated to meet the requirements of the birds throughout their lives and will differ depending on whether the birds are young, pullets, or mature laying hens.
Candling ensure there are no cracks in the shell and that the yolk is centred.
Eggs are washed and sanitized.
The eggs are automatically packaged into dozens or flats of 30.
Heat, light, and humidity is regulated automatically.
Chicken barns are well ventilated.
Baby chicks at an agricultural fair. 2006.
Refrigerated storage.
Baby chick.
Indoor housing protects chicken from predators such as foxes, wolves, hawks, and weasels, all of which will attack, kill, and eat the birds.
Production line.
Free range chickens.
Through selective breeding practices egg production has increased from 83 to over 300 eggs per chicken per year.
Mature hens within a large chicken operation.
Chickens in mature stage of life.
Packaging chicken at Pineview Farms All Natural Meats, SK
On average a Canadian will consume 13 dozen eggs per year.

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