I’ve heard chickens can lay eggs every 1-2 days. It baffles me that something so (relatively) big can come out of them so often. How do they produce so many with such limited internal space? How many are developing in them at any given time?
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Reproduction is a weird thing. Most have a schedule for reproductive times. For humans it’s like once a month. Most animals like deer and wolves are fall time. Dogs are every 3-6 months, cats are about twice a year.
Closer to the equator and in areas with a more stable climate there tends to be less pattern as theres not as much of an optimal time for being pregnant.
Chickens are a special case because they are originally from near the equator where there’s minimal seasonal change. But they also came from an area where the bamboo would bloom and seed together. So basically these chickens would have some food and then suddenly too much food. Eventually that became the trigger for their estrus cycle. So basically as long as they’re at a caloric surplus a chicken will always be in heat.
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