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    Maybe useful for any animal behavior scientists

    That is interesting indeed. I wonder if that is the reason Harvey is not aggressive to anyone because he hasn't had a demonstrator to learn aggressive behaviour from. Maybe he is also not very good at protecting the flock; although he herds them towards safety when there is a perceived threat, I...
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    Rooster breaking up fight between hens?

    We've got a Cream Legbar rooster too and I have seen him break up a fight between 2 hens, but he is not eager to do this. Sometimes he just stands there wondering what he should do. Maybe ours only breaks up fights when it really gets out of hand. Have you got a picture of him now? Cream Legbars...
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    What jobs do roosters do?

    Beautiful chickens!
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    Maybe useful for any animal behavior scientists

    Hi all just thought to share this information about our rooster's behavioral traits as it may be useful to animal behavior studies or 'nature vs nurture' studies: 3 years ago we had only one egg hatching succesfully which turned out to be a Cream Legbar boy and we decided to keep him. He grew...
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    We once had a chicken which annoyed my husband so much that he felt like hanging her from a lamppost or himself. All she did was constantly and incessantly moan and whine, despite her name being 'Bliss'. I couldn't kill her just because she made annoying sounds, so in the end I had to give her...
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    This hen doesn't know what she is either. Crowing like a boy.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ1GqC9ZMJ0
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    That is pretty impressive! Very good mother that one is 😍
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    A few years ago we had one missing and thought she had been grabbed, only to hear a racket near the henhouse 3 weeks later: lo and behold, there she was with 7 (!) chicks in tow trying to get into the run. This was totally unexpected as we also just had 2 broodies hatching 6 eggs, so all of...
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    6am is late! Our rooster crows every night at 4am in total darkness.
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    It was really yesterday, but hey, what does one day matter? Mum and 2 chicks were having a nice day out to the 'park', aka the large outdoor run, only to come back home finding it completely trashed with poop on the plates (food tray) and mugs (water bowl) and smeared against their bedroom...
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    No, no, not biting: she thinks she is a monkey and is simply removing the insects from your fur 😁
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    Blondies are not the sharpest tools in the kit. We've got one called Blondie too and she is just dumb.
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    My 2 3-weeks old chicks and mum were separated in a pen inside the large run where the rest of the flock resides. Not even one hour and the chicks were out, mum breaking through the fence, only to be attacked by the flock and me having to step in to separate them all again. I think my next...
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    Three Broody Hens mixing and sharing clutches.

    Hi there we had 2 broodies (plus 1 extra that was missing but came back with 7 chicks in tow!) a couple of years back. Because the missing one was named 'Bib Vicious' we had to separate all of the mothers + chicks as she would attack all of them. I've made a video on how we managed, but I can...
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    We built them a 'get into the grass' area today, all covered and secure we thought. Well no: the two little ones managed to get out within one hour all confused and wanting to get back to mummy! They are only 2 weeks and 2 days old and smaller than we thought..
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    So we clipped the escapee's wings yesterday and somehow she managed to get out AGAIN! .. using the little covered area I built for the little chicks as a spring board! Thing is, she doesn't even know where she wants to go when out. Oh wait, she does know: back in!
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    Just following their jungle fowl instinct 😅
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    There is one chicken which can fly really high and manages to escape all the time. No other chickens are able too (the fence is 2m high (6.5 feet) so she's got to be admired too. Is there a Guinness Book of Records for highest flying chicken? This morning she was out wandering in the flower and...
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    Should I give up?

    So.... we got 2 chicks out of 9 eggs. It was always a bit of a gamble with a limping rooster and older hens. But I am glad to say that we welcome Willow & Wubbo to our flock 😇
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    How long will hen stay on the nest once some of her 9 eggs have hatched?

    Thank you, that really helped. We'll put water in mini-drinkers out in front of the nest tomorrow morning and keep our fingers crossed for the remaining eggs. Today is Day 22, so maybe everyone is just later than usual. Sadly, patience is not my virtue 😄
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