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I love the photo of the family crammed into the nest. It looks sort of like the old "how many frat boys can you jam in the phonebooth" stunt.

Such lucky chicks to have a two parent family. I wonder if the experience will have a positive psychological effect on them when they are compared with chicks raised in a brooder...maybe less problems with the law or a higher high school graduation rate.

It is probably like what happens in many other animal societies, including dogs and humans. If there is a strong, confident leader, the rest are mostly happy to go about their lives in the "non-alpha" position. However, if no one seems to be in charge, they will start testing themselves and...

Cool information. Thanks for all the detail. My only experience with a rooster ended a few months after he reached maturity (or at least sexual maturity) because he was such a brute to the hens, chasing them around, holding them down and hurting them in the attempt to mate. Do you think I had...