Re: do chickens ever sleep?

"Derrick Parfitt" <dsparfitt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"0tterbot" <spl@xxxxx> wrote in message
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serious question!

no matter how quiet i try to be when closing them up for the night, the
little blighters are all awake.

i am starting to wonder if they're like cows & hardly ever actually
sleep, just rest.

my three youngest chickens still don't roost, either. i made them a
spiffy new house with two lovely roosts, & all they thought about that
was to be sure not to bump their heads. they all sleep in the nesting
box. i don't know why i bother. apparently they'd have been perfectly
happy if i'd just made them a nesting box with a door on it ;-)
kylie


Remember, chickens have been prey for millions of years (that is, if you
believe in evolution).

"if"?? i realise it's a pretty inane question, but not one that would cause
anyone to doubt my intelligence, i'd have thought! :-)

The chickens survival depends on being able to run
from predators whenever they appear. Therefore, they may have developed
the characteristic of waking up instantly and being able to respond any
disturbance when they have been sleeping. This contrasts with people, who
have to wake-up a bit, and I'm not talking about a couple of cups of
coffee:), before they can respond to stimuli while they have been
sleeping.

well, this is what gets me - once roosting, they're not very alert or
anything. so if they're going to go dopey like that, why not just sleep
outright?

i'm probably waking them up :-) they seem to have spectacular hearing.
kylie


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