HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -From the esophagus food moves to the crop, an expandable storage compartment located at the base of the chicken’s neck, where it can remain for up to 12 hours.

Detailed explanation-2: -The food pulp mixed with saliva has now arrived in our stomach. The food is first stored in the upper part of our stomach (fundus) before soon being processed further in the lower sections (corpus, antrum ).

Detailed explanation-3: -A chicken’s crop is simply located slightly to the side of its right breast muscle and serves as a small pocket where food is stored after it’s swallowed. When a chicken picks up food with its beak, the tongue pushes it to the back of the mouth into its esophagus.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main function of the crop is to store feed while the proventriculus and gizzard are full of feed. Shortly after feed is ingested, it is normal for the crop to be distended and full of feed.

Detailed explanation-5: -The gizzard is why chickens do not need teeth. It is a muscular part of the stomach and uses grit (small, hard particles of pebbles or sand) to grind grains and fiber into smaller, more digestible, particles. From the gizzard, food passes into the small intestine, where nutrients are absorbed.