Post by Omni_Kno'est (@nkang_richard_etima_omni)

Chickens experience the world very differently from humans.

Their eyes are highly sensitive to light, including parts of the spectrum that humans can’t see well, such as ultraviolet and infrared-related wavelengths.

Because of this heightened sensitivity, chickens can detect subtle changes in morning light earlier than we do, which helps explain why roosters often begin crowing long before sunrise appears to humans.

The popular claim that chickens “see daylight 45 minutes earlier” is a bit exaggerated scientifically, but there is truth behind it. Roosters are extremely responsive to the earliest signs of dawn and also operate on a strong internal biological clock.

Studies have shown that they will often crow at nearly the same time every morning, even without visible sunlight.

Historically, this behavior made roosters natural alarm clocks for farms and villages around the world. Their early-morning calls signaled the start of the day long before modern clocks existed.

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