Chick/growth (0-8 weeks)

Chicks should be kept in a warm, dry environment that is cleaned regularly. They should be fed a fine crumble feed mixture to ensure proper nutrition as they will tend to pick and choose what to eat if fed a mixed-grain feed (mash).

Chicken (8+ weeks)

Chickens can be fed a larger crumble from about 3-4 weeks and will continue to grow and grow, spending most of their time foraging for food, cleaning themselves (preening), and perching to sleep. They will start laying eggs around 18 weeks, depending on the amount of daylight (chickens need lots of sunlight to lay eggs!), and will lay eggs regularly until around 72 weeks.

Once they start laying eggs, they can be feed a layer ration in either a crumble, pellet, or a mash. While egg production will decrease as chickens get older, Chicken continue to lay eggs until its death.

Some chickens are described as multi-purpose and can lay eggs until about a year old when they are then butchered for meat.