Almost every predator will kill a chicken during daylight including those opportunistic nighttime predators. Raptor birds will take a chicken during the day. Hawks, owls etc. As for mammalian predators. Anything that eats birds will pounce on a wandering hen. Dogs, cats, weasels, fox and a multitude of other four footed creatures. There is also the possibility a hen can be killed by the other members of the flock, especially if she was sick or weak.
A chicken farm that kills chickens is called a processing plant. Chickens are transported to the processing plant when they have reached the desired size.
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There isn't an animal that kills chickens specifically to drink their blood. If a chicken is killed, it is likely by a wolf, raccoon, or fox. If they did not eat the chickens, it is likely that they were disturbed during the kill and had all intentions on coming back to claim their kill.
Chickens are chickens because god made them.
Chickens will lay at all times of the day. They seldom lay in the dark. Some hens will lay first thing in the morning but I have many hens that lay their eggs just after they come back into the chicken coop at dusk.
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A chicken farm that kills chickens is called a processing plant. Chickens are transported to the processing plant when they have reached the desired size.
I'm not sure where you heard that, but chickens can most certainly see daylight. Also, unlike dogs, chickens can see a wide variety of colors. However, most chickens have quite bad night-vision.
racoons,weasels.coyotes,foxs,
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no, you do not have to heat your chickens coop. all you have to do if extend your chickens daylight hours. i usually have my lights timed to come on at 7am and then turn off at 8pm.
They don't. Some hens will lay at night, some in the daytime.
The poultry industry raises, kills and delivers chickens to market.
Chickens do not lay "better" eggs according to how much daylight there is - the only thing that changes egg quality are living conditions and the food the chickens eat. However, the more daylight there is, the more eggs a hen should lay.
There isn't an animal that kills chickens specifically to drink their blood. If a chicken is killed, it is likely by a wolf, raccoon, or fox. If they did not eat the chickens, it is likely that they were disturbed during the kill and had all intentions on coming back to claim their kill.
Yes, they will lay year round if provided with 14 hours of light. When the seasonal daylight is reduced, just supplement that lack of natural daylight with some artificial light in the roost/chicken coop.
As long as their is daylight, a healthy free range chicken will be foraging, stopping only to get water. Chickens in enclosed spaces will still spend most of their time foraging, even if they have a food source available elsewhere.