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Farm Sustainability Dashboard

The Farm Sustainability Dashboard has been designed to improve industry best practice and meet evolving community expectations. It has been created for business owners and is appropriate for farms of all sizes.

Your Questions

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Why do chickens lay eggs?

Why do chickens lay eggs?

Chicken eggs are mostly developed before being fertilized so the chicken cannot know in advance whether the egg will end up fertilized or not. It goes through a natural process of developing the egg and releasing it in the hopes that it will be fertilized.

Nesting material should be regularly checked and replaced