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Ribh said:
Yes, I remember several of your rants on this issue & if I could have I would have gone all Campines, as you know. That has not been possible & I have insanely mixed tribes, which you also know. From my own observations I suspect group dynamics are far more complex than we grasp. Everything I read [& @BY Bob's issues with Phyllis] suggested my frizzles would all get picked on but it is not so, my friend. They are all quite high up the pecking order, & Olivia, who is also tiny, part D'Uccle so with feathered feet to boot, gets along with everybody. She is an extremely well liked chicken. Beatha, now my only Aracauna, & one of my older girls, is not really liked by anybody & this was true even before I lost her running mate but since the move the tribes have been far more accepting of her & she of them. The Japanese bantams, who might also have been in trouble, mix easily. It is the Porcelain D'Uccle who is a bit of an outsider but she is the only one of the bantams not laying. I think I mentioned elsewhere my girls seem to hang by colouring & or feathering type rather than breed, so Olivia, B&W D'Uccle frizzle & Portia, SLW frizzle often hang together despite size & breed differences. Desdemona [Birchen Jap] often hangs with Olivia. Portia, despite being a very young bird, only just started laying, has really high status. No~one picks on her. It is complicated & always subtley shifting but it is really rare to see any hen get pecked for any reason here. I do see quite a bit of mutual grooming & the girls will tend to hang in small groups in different parts of the yard but those groups are not stable & are always changing

Having said all that I started with a mixed lot of birds who grew up together & when I have added birds it has been in largish numbers of mixed breeds with long slow integrations. I also have much bigger numbers. I suspect that has made a difference. It is really unusual for any of my girls to squabble. My experience has been so different to @BY Bob's I am always quite shocked by how his girls behave towards each other.

I will be interested to see, now you have your own mixed tribe, what observations you notice, especially as conditions improve for them.
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Why is it some people completely overlook the distinction between can't or mustn't and shouldn't.:p:lol:
 
rural mouse said:
That's why lots of little ones (along with all the geothermal activity) are good. Vents out most of the pressure before it builds up too much.

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I think this may be a matter of viewpoint, particularly when applied to humans. I think I may be in favour of one big vent event say every few years than day after day of little vents. A never ending succession of little vents I've found left me tired and irritable.:p:lau
 
Ribh said:
Croag Langshan & French Marans both have feathered feet ~ but I suspect she is probably a mix. The neighbours have a Langshan & they have a very upright stance, like my Campines. Hard to tell from your pic what her general posture is usually like.
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I've got a better one further on in the thread, or will have shortly.
 

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