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A feral rooster on the island of Kauai A family of feral chickens, Key West, Florida. Feral chickens are derived from domestic chickens (Gallus domesticus) who have returned to the wild. Like the red junglefowl (the closest wild relative of domestic chickens), feral chickens will roost in bushes in order to avoid predators at night. [1]
There is a long-standing controversy over the basic need for a chicken coop. One philosophy, known as the "fresh air school", holds that chickens are mostly hardy but can be brought low by confinement, poor air quality and darkness, hence the need for a highly ventilated or open-sided coop with conditions more like the outdoors, even in winter. [8]
[35] [36] In the Ganges region of India, wild red junglefowl were being used by humans as early as 7,000 years ago. No domestic chicken remains older than 4,000 years have been identified in the Indus Valley, and the antiquity of chickens recovered from excavations at Mohenjodaro is still debated. [5]
Chickens are relatively large birds, active by day. The body is round, the legs are unfeathered in most breeds, and the wings are short. [19] Wild junglefowl can fly; chickens and their flight muscles are too heavy to allow them to fly more than a short distance. [20] Size and coloration vary widely between breeds. [19]
Per Lisa, a chicken lays an egg roughly once every 26 hours, which is roughly once a day. So, to get 12 per day, you’d need 12 hens. That said, numbers will also vary based on a hen’s age and ...
One-day-old chicks arriving to be unpacked and placed in shed Young birds being reared in a closed broiler house. Artificial selection has led to a great increase in the speed with which broilers develop and reach slaughter-weight. The time required to reach 1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz) live-weight decreased from 120 days to 30 days between 1925 and 2005.
On average, captive animals (especially mammals) live longer than wild animals. This may be due to the fact that with proper treatment, captivity can provide refuge against diseases, competition with others of the same species and predators. Most notably, animals with shorter lifespans and faster growth rates benefit more from zoos than animals ...
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