California - Northern

[casportpony]

Quote: Very interesting.

-Kathy

 

[Audio51]

Quote:
That is pretty clever.....I would love to see this in action. Someone posted on the 530 Poultry FB page that they found a very small, solid "egg" in the nest and the pisture they posted looks like a small white landscaping type rock. I am wondering if that is actually what it is and the bird carried it into the nest to incubate.

 

[ronott1]

That is pretty clever.....I would love to see this in action. Someone posted on the 530 Poultry FB page that they found a very small, solid "egg" in the nest and the pisture they posted looks like a small white landscaping type rock. I am wondering if that is actually what it is and the bird carried it into the nest to incubate.

I have seen videos of the Broody carrying the eggs around. It is amazing and the rock was likely a rock.

 

[PetRock]

I have seen videos of the Broody carrying the eggs around. It is amazing and the rock was likely a rock.

When I check under my broodies for freshly laid eggs, I always check up under their wings first before picking them up. One time I picked a girl up and an egg fell out from under her wing and broke. Lesson learned the hard way.

 

[ronott1]

When I check under my broodies for freshly laid eggs, I always check up under their wings first before picking them up. One time I picked a girl up and an egg fell out from under her wing and broke. Lesson learned the hard way.

This Video shows it a little bit--the hen almost got the egg under her wing and did lift it up over the edge of the nest box.

 

[chickiemama1972]

Lewey is a good looking Bengal. I have 2; Rockwell and Jellybean

 

[tridentk9]

HI from not-quite-northern-california =)
That was a great article, new information for me.  Thanks for sharing.  Plus the more my husband thinks chickens are the next iteration of dinosaurs, the better he likes having them around.
ps I missed 2 days and it only took 10 pages (?!!) to catch up...

Thank you. I'm pleased you enjoyed it. It's always fun to find others that enjoy the quirky articles too

Science Daily is great for giving info and links to other similar articles. Usually they also either give the link or enough info to find the original full study (not always free ) - and don't forget the search button.

Five kinds of cones and no two of the same kind are together. They probably have a full range of color vision across their full range of vision. Humans have areas that don't see color as well. Hmmm chicken artists or interior decorators. I'm sure they could be taught to pick out the colors that go best together.

Those weird shrimp see colors even better. But they're ... shrimp.

 

[ronott1]

Lewey is a good looking Bengal. I have 2; Rockwell and Jellybean

Hi and Welcome!

 

[Audio51]

Quote: I had the same thing happen once too, but only when the hen was sitting in the box. I have seen them move eggs drom one box to another by pushing or pulling them with their beaks, but not actually carrying them.

Quote: That's pretty cool. She definitely was determined to get that egg moved.

 

[tridentk9]

What are "Flics"

Sorry, it's part of their names. Flic 1, Flic 2 and Flic 3. Just Flic is used if you aren't sure which Crevecoeur you're looking at. Old French slang for cops. I'd forgotten the term Le Flic was used in the Pink Panther movies. The Crevecoeur are more reactive than the Cochin. They'll notice something different first, approach it first but the Cochins will touch or eat it first.