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3. Orcs have to eat too. They eat each other as well as others. But the point is, how could they multiply so quickly if they do not have any form of livelihood except fighting? Farming is a problem when you are afraid of the sun... and you can only rob others for so long... But considering orcish "culture", it is not surprising that slavery can take up normal chores of living... I believe I read somewhere that orcs are "spawned", although it is also said that they "breed after after the fashion of the Children of Illuvator". Now, does that mean that orcs come from eggs? And does that mean that some big giant female orc laid "orc eggs" and then waited for them to hatch just like spiders? *shudder*
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Orcs were originally elves, taken by Morgoth and then slowly mutilated into orcs. As such, they should breed just like elves. As for the eating part, I think it says in RotK that Sauron has great farmlands to the east, near the lake Nurnen, so I guess that's where at least Mordor's orcs get their food from. And I guess orcs don't care that much about what they eat.