Poultry farming as a branch of agricultur.

Poultry provide humans with companionship, food and fiber in the form of eggs, meat and feathers. Many people love to raise and show chickens and other poultry species at fairs and other poultry shows. Others just love to raise them for backyard pets and for fresh eggs every day. There are also large commercial chicken industries that provides us with eggs and meat. Poultry breeding is where it all begins. Selected males and females of particular breeds are mated and the eggs collected and incubated. Chicken eggs are incubated for 21 days. The newly hatched chicks are brooded in temperature controlled rooms until they are either sent off as broilers or roasters for consumption as poultry meat, or grown further as laying hens or breeders.