Cluckmazing Facts~ (A New Facts Daily)

[TheChiggens]

DAY 40 CLUCKMAZING FACT~ Chickens, like other birds, "have a countercurrent heat exchange system in their legs and feet—the blood vessels going to and from the feet are very close together, so blood flowing back to the body is warmed by blood flowing to the feet. The newly cooled blood in the feet lowers heat loss from the feet, and the warmed blood flowing back into the body prevents the bird from becoming chilled. And because bird circulation is so fast, blood doesn’t remain in the feet long enough to freeze.
They may also alternate standing on one foot at a time, pulling one up into their warm downy feathers, while the other stands in the cold, and then reversing them. And when they perch they can lower their bodies down to cover their feet, keeping their feet warm with their feathers.
Do cold feet bother birds? It’s hard to say for sure, but we do know that birds have few pain receptors in their feet."

Wow thanks a ton to @SueT for that very detailed fact!

 

[TheChiggens]

CLUCKMAZING ANNOUNCEMENT!
Every Friday I will now name the fact contributor of the week!

 

[TheChiggens]

DAY 41 CLUCKMAZING FACT~ A chicken uses its beak not only to eat and drink but also to process objects, to track things down, to build a nest and to defend itself. The end of the beak is particularly sensitive due to the many nerve endings that are contained therein. That is why cutting off part of the beak, as is still the case with laying hens in many European countries, is very painful!

Thanks to @BDutch for info on this fact!
And congratulations to @BDutch for fact contributor of the week!

 

[ValerieJ]

DAY 41 CLUCKMAZING FACT~ A chicken uses its beak not only to eat and drink but also to process objects, to track things down, to build a nest and to defend itself. The end of the beak is particularly sensitive due to the many nerve endings that are contained therein. That is why cutting off part of the beak, as is still the case with laying hens in many European countries, is very painful!

Thanks to @BDutch for info on this fact!
And congratulations to @BDutch for fact contributor of the week!

Thank you @BDutch and @TheChiggens for sharing this fact! People need to know this!

 

[TheChiggens]

Feel free to invite anyone you want to the thread!

 

[BDutch]

CLUCKMAZING ANNOUNCEMENT!
Every Friday I will now name the fact contributor of the week!

Thanks for this great honour.

 

[TheChiggens]

No problem!

 

[TheChiggens]

DAY 42 CLUCKMAZING FACT~ Chickens love dust baths! Like many other birds, chickens love taking a dust bath in a self-dug pit. Due to the fluttering and rolling balls in the dust, the insulation of the springs is maintained and parasites are prevented. It has been found that chickens that have been in a small cage all their lives take a dust bath as soon as they get the chance!

Thanks again to our great contributor of facts @BDutch!

 

[TheChiggens]

Has anyone seen that hens almost act drunk when the dust bathe?
It must feel so good..

 

[Papa John59]

Has anyone seen that hens almost act drunk when the dust bathe?
It must feel so good..

Much like me when I take a bubble bath!