The circle invites the observer to step inside the sacredness the cross represents, like a capsule of honor. Consider some well known objects that are circles. The planets, the sun, the moon, clock faces, many kinds of seeds, wheels, coins, rings and eyes just to name a few.
Feed Per Day. On average, a laying hen will require approximately 1/4 to 1/3 of a pound of feed every day, or roughly 1.5 pounds of feed per week according to Nutrena Feeds. At this rate of consumption, every hen you have will require slightly less than 10 pounds of feed each month, regardless of whether or not she is actively producing any eggs.
Table 1 below shows that, on the farms raising 4,000 to 10,000 chickens, families provide most of the labor. During the pastured poultry season, they work about 2.6 hours per day on chickens, not including processing. Farms raising over 10,000 to 25,000 chickens depend more on hired labor. These farmers work slightly fewer minutes per bird than the farmers raising 10,000 or fewer chickens.