How do chickens have the spare resources to lay a nutrient rich egg EVERY DAY?

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It just seems like the math doesn’t add up. Like I eat a healthy diet and I get tired just pooping out the bad stuff, meanwhile a chicken can eat non stop corn and have enough “good” stuff left over to create and throw away an egg the size of their head, every day.

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Oh h*ck there’s a [Sam O’Nella video that explains this very well!](https://youtu.be/_NSekwyS4Ns)

TL;DW: we domesticated chickens after seeing their reproductive cycles accelerate dramatically when they’re provided with lots of food. Well fed chickens are just evolutionarily wired to lay tons of eggs when they have secure food around.

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