That’s only a concern for one generation tho, which afaik for commercially bred chickens might be just a matter of weeks
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Devi@kbin.social 11 months agoSomething that might come up in a commercial farm escape is debeaking. They cut the end off the beak to stop them fighting in crowded conditions and that will decrease their chances to defend themselves in the wild.
octoperson@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Devi@kbin.social 11 months ago
Chicken eggs take 21 days to hatch, so 3 weeks, and then to adult size it probably 6 weeks minimum, so I'd say 2 months minimum they need to survive as a collective.
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Wow, I didn’t know about that… It’s even more troublesome for the hens if it keeps them from feeding of worms and bugs. If part of them survive long enough to breed, this won’t be a problem for the next generation… But this is already a big “if”.
Devi@kbin.social 11 months ago
Would definitely be an issue for hunting. They can eat grain but not peck so would have trouble getting ants or similar fast moving bugs.