A Letter to Beginners Regarding Emergencies and Illnesses

[micstrachan]

And now that I thibk about it, maybe Margo was showing sympathy, bot empathy? Ok, I’ll stop. For now.

 

[Shadrach]

Ok, it’s not a scientific paper, more like a report, but fun to read, regardless. I think it’s from 2017, but some of the references go waaay back. It’s written by sanctuary people, so of course it’s biased, but we all bring our bias with us. I enjoyed it!
https://www.farmsanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/TSP_CHICKENS_WhitePaper.pdf?=FBEmpathy

Thanks, I hadn't read this one. Even as an abstract I found it interesting.

 

[Shadrach]

I don’t plan to buy the article at this time, and it’s super old, but it references Tasmanian native hens differentiating between different species of aerial predators.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/wr/CWR9720001

This is more of a duck than a chicken. I would love to have the equipment and the opportunity to investigate predator recognition more thoroughly.
If chickens can discriminate between predators then surely this must be learnt behavior.
Each country, area has different predators so it is hard to see how it could be genetic.
This is really important because it says yet more about chicken intelligence.

 

[Shadrach]

@micstrachan I dug this up a while ago and I've been meaning to post it thinking you might like to read it.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-016-1064-4

 

[micstrachan]

@Shadrach, this is fabulous! Thank you! I’m going to start reading it right now. Dinner is in the oven, so not sure how much I’ll get through tonight, but I can’t wait to read it!

 

[micstrachan]

Finished it and enjoyed it! (Had to fit in watching a movie with my visiting sister-in-law, too).

 

[micstrachan]

Kinda seems like the one I posted was based on the one you posted.

 

[Shadrach]

Kinda seems like the one I posted was based on the one you posted.

I think there is a limited supply of relevant studies and of course, the reluctance to make the investment needed for the research.
The links the author provides in the text can lead to further info. The problem is many of the papers are in university archives and getting access to them often requires membership.

 

[Shadrach]

There was a thread on beak and spur trimming (It was a featured thread) and also an article by twocrows which is as usual well written but not a view I can support.
These two papers you may find interesting.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1166494/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159111003285

 

[micstrachan]

I think there is a limited supply of relevant studies and of course, the reluctance to make the investment needed for the research.
The links the author provides in the text can lead to further info. The problem is many of the papers are in university archives and getting access to them often requires membership.

Yeah, I miss my college days and biotech days when I had access to whatever info I wanted. Not super interested in paying $35 per article as a member of the public.