I have seen that too in the countryside villages (chickens running all over the place). Maybe the predators stay away from the well traveled towns. Otherwise, these permanently free-ranging chickens wouldn’t last very long. In my experience, the Ticos who keep chickens for serious meat or egg production (that is – for a profit) never let them outside. We find that a combination of protecting them at night, restricting their range in the morning until their eggs have been deposited and free-ranging them until bedtime works best – both for the chickens and for the quality and quantity of the eggs.
