Chickens may become infected with the Avian Influenza or Bird Flu. Influenza A viruses can occur in humans, but it is very uncommon, according to the Center of Disease Control.
No, humans cannot catch scabies from hens. Scabies is caused by a specific mite (Sarcoptes scabiei) that infests humans and is not the same as the mites that affect birds. While hens can carry other types of mites, these are not transmissible to humans. Therefore, the risk of contracting scabies from hens is nonexistent.
Yes, Battery hens are given antibiotics to help prevent/control diseases caused by the crowded living space which is 4 hens squashed inside one tiny cage which is about the same size of an A4 piece of paper.
The virus spread around the world and killed millions of people
The plural form for the noun chicken is chickens; the plural possessive form is chickens'.
A group of hens is called a brood.
The church thought that it was the Jews fault that the plague happend. But really it was infuenza carried by rats and flees.
Eggs from battery hens, i.e. hens that are kept in cages (known as batteries) where several hens live together in one cage. These hens cannot roam freely as free-range hens can.
more hens = more eggs + more chickens (possibly more hens) = £££££
The standard collective nouns for 'hens' are:a brood of hensa clutch of hens
No hens can talk.
Hens like to eat grains.
no but some big hens