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Animals that digest roughage and thrive need to have large complex stomachs and digestive systems like cows or sheep where the food (roughage) can spend a long time, being broken down by enzymes and bacterial actions and the nutrients extracted.
The digestive system of a chicken is not very big, it is designed for food that has nutrients ready to be absorbed. So any roughage in the digestive system will be eliminated from the body before any nutrients can be extracted. But roughage although not a very nutrient rich item for the chicken is good for cleaning out the digestive system, just like for people.
Chickens lack the necessary enzymes to break down cellulose found in roughages like grass and hay. Their digestive systems are adapted for digesting seeds, grains, and insects rather than fibrous plant materials. Consequently, chickens have a limited capacity to digest high amounts of roughages efficiently.
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Which pair of chickens should a farmer breed to produce larger chickens?
Large hen, large rooster
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Can chickens eat apple cores?
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Are wyandotte chickens nice?
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it is efficient and enables the body to absorb a large amount of the needed substances in food
Which pair of chickens should a farmer breed to produce larger chickens?
Large hen, large rooster
Will hydrogen peroxide damage a septic tank?
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What is large or small that digest food?
Intestine
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The large intestine function is digest to your food
Can be large or small helps digest food?
intestine
What does the large intestines do to your body?
I guess its to help you digest
