RareAvis
In the Brooder
- Oct 18, 2016
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Actually, flocks of feral chickens are quite successful in temperate climates under proper conditions.
I would NOT recommend it as a practice, obviously; I believe domesticated animals DO deserve competent and loving husbandry. And yes; most domesticated chickens, just like any purely domesticated animal, will die if left to their own devices. Some, however, have been known to slip through, reproduce, and thrive.
Neither would I cull 'rewilded' or feral populations. I believe their success is testament to their will to live and their adaptability: we should honor that, as humans; we're the reason they existed in the first place to have been able to become feral.
Wiki is not my favorite source for info, but I think they do a fine job at this sort of list.
They report thriving populations of feral chickens in at least these chicken-famous locales:
Locations famous for feral chickens
I would NOT recommend it as a practice, obviously; I believe domesticated animals DO deserve competent and loving husbandry. And yes; most domesticated chickens, just like any purely domesticated animal, will die if left to their own devices. Some, however, have been known to slip through, reproduce, and thrive.
Neither would I cull 'rewilded' or feral populations. I believe their success is testament to their will to live and their adaptability: we should honor that, as humans; we're the reason they existed in the first place to have been able to become feral.
Wiki is not my favorite source for info, but I think they do a fine job at this sort of list.
They report thriving populations of feral chickens in at least these chicken-famous locales:
Locations famous for feral chickens
- Bermuda
- Niue
- Fair Oaks, California
- Fitzgerald, Georgia
- Galston Gorge, Australia
- George Town, Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
- Key West, Florida
- Gotha, Florida
- Kauai, Hawaii
- Los Angeles, California
- St. Augustine, Florida
- San Juan Bautista, California
- Houston, Texas
- Chicken Roundabout (A143) Bungay, Suffolk, UK [2]
- Port Chalmers, New Zealand
- Totton, UK
- St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Oviedo, Florida
- Ybor City, Florida
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