| Physiology
|
Units
|
Approximate Value
|
| Chick
|
| Heart Rate^
|
Beats per min
|
350 - 450
|
| Chicken
|
| Adult Weight
|
Kilograms
|
1.5 - 3
|
| Birth Weight
|
Grams
|
|
| Blood Volume
|
Milli-litres per Kg
|
|
| Breeding Duration (Commercial)
|
Litters
|
|
| Food Consumption
|
Grams per day
|
|
| Gestation Length
|
Days
|
|
| Heart Rate^
|
Beats per min
|
|
| Litter Size
|
No units
|
|
| Oestrus Cycle
|
Days
|
|
| Postpartum Oestrus
|
No units
|
|
| Rectal Temperature
|
Fahrenheit
|
|
| Rectal Temperature
|
Centigrade
|
|
| Respiratory Rate
|
Breaths per min
|
|
| Urine Output
|
Per 100 grams body weight per day
|
|
| Water Consumption
|
Milli-litres per Kg per day
|
|
| Weaning Age
|
Days
|
|
^Kahn, Cynthia M., Line, Scott., Aiello, Susan E. (2005) The Merck Veterinary Manual. Ninth Edition ed. New Jersey, United States of America: Merck & Co., Inc. & Merial Limited. pp.Physiology Reference Guides.
Unknown, . (2001) Veterinary Clinical Services Normative Data. Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America: Yale University. pp.Normative Data.
!align="left"|Heart Rate^
|Beats per min
|250 - 300
|-
|}
^Kahn, Cynthia M., Line, Scott., Aiello, Susan E. (2005) The Merck Veterinary Manual. Ninth Edition ed. New Jersey, United States of America: Merck & Co., Inc. & Merial Limited. pp.Physiology Reference Guides.
