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Day-old chicks

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Day-old chicks

Young chickens need dry underfoot conditions and a ready supply of water and dry food. These day-old chicks have quickly found the water dispenser.

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Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, Poultry industry – Poultry meat farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17286/day-old-chicks (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, published 1 March 2009.