Month: April 2022

Rice can be a great snack for your chicken, provided it’s cooked. Avoid feeding your chicken uncooked rice because it can be dangerous for it. The rice might swell after coming in contact with moisture, causing gut problems. However, when feeding your chicken cooked rice, try giving it pilaf mixes. You can safely feed both … Read more

10 Interesting Facts about Chicken Vision A chicken’s eyes are about 10% the entire mass of its head. Chickens can see 300 degrees around because their eyes are in the sides of their heads. Chickens are tetrachromatic. They have 4 types of cones that let them see red, blue, and green light, as well as … Read more

This is a question everyone asks, and the answer is simple: Yes, chickens can freeze to death, but the main reasons it happens are that either they aren’t in good health and you didn’t know it or that their coop isn’t prepared for the winter. Will chickens survive winter? Most grown chickens will survive the … Read more

Raw chicken can last in your fridge for 1–2 days, while cooked chicken can last in the fridge for 3–4 days. If you’ve left chicken in the fridge for more than a few days, there’s a chance it has gone bad. Below are a few ways to tell if the chicken in your fridge has … Read more

Yes, chickens do imprint on humans – or other objects or animals. Baby chicks are pre-programmed to imprint on the first moving object after hatching, so that should either be their mother hen or you. Well, Baby chicks are pre-programmed to imprint on the first moving object after hatching, so that should either be their … Read more

Many animals, such as cows, have multiple, compartmentalized stomachs and are commonly referred to as ruminants. Animals such as pigs, dogs, and chickens have simple noncompartmentalized stomachs and are commonly referred to as nonruminants or monogastrics. Is chicken a ruminant or non-ruminant animal? All birds have an avian digestive system which is quite different from … Read more

The molting can occur once every year around the birds’ break-in period; however, chickens kept in warmer climates may molt during winter, spring or summer. Also read: How to keep chicken warm in winter? Contents [ show] Chicken molting is a natural process of shedding old feathers and growing new ones. When we were reading … Read more

Use roll-away nesting boxes. When a hen lays an egg in one of these boxes, the egg rolls out of the nesting box, and the hen can’t reach it. Place golf balls in the nests. In theory, the hens will tire of pecking at these faux eggs, which can help to break their habit of … Read more

Chickens love to roost at night for safety. It is inbred in them and providing good sturdy perches that they can access for sleep is very important. With care and planning you should be able to provide them with enough roosting spots with a few to spare. Surprisingly they do not always use the same … Read more

So although most species of birds are kosher, due to our lack of knowledge about many of the bird species, in practice, only birds for which there is a reliable tradition are eaten. Example of kosher birds are the domestic species of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and pigeons (doves). First off, chickens are not raised … Read more