Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

Yes that makes sense but it's not through hen pecking in feral flocks or jungle fowl. There is no pecking order as such in jungle fowl because the usual arrangements is one rooster and one hen. Their offspring may stay in the tribe for a while it seems from what few studies have been written about it.
Sometimes the rooster moves on to find another hen; other times a pair may stay together for nobody knows how long. There have been reports of chicken couples staying together for a number of years.
My friend in Finland has feral couples that have been together for at least six years.
While not really possible, cfonts is in the best position to observe feral groups.

I'm very curious to know how new feral tribes form. For genetic diversity, I hope a pullet from one family forms a tribe with a cockerel from a different family.

 

[Shadrach]

I'm very curious to know how new feral tribes form. For genetic diversity, I hope a pullet from one family forms a tribe with a cockerel from a different family.

That is what I'm led to believe. Unfortunately very few studies over a long enough period of time have been done.
My observations over ten years is pretty unusual. My Finish friend has excelllent documentation on his tribes. There is anothe guy in Aus who has a multi tribe set up who has fallen off the grid about the same time as I left Spain. I hope he's okay.
Unfortunately those who do have knowledge in this area are often not English speakers. I have tried in the past to get a couple of very knowledgeable people from Spain to join BYC but they hated the site.

 

[LozzyR]

In my experience, very unlikely to happen. Seniority usually rules the day especially when littles are growing up with the bigger hens. Unless of course Phyllis gets real pecky, then there could be a reaction I suppose. I could have a Hattie Aurora moment.

Legertha is just so chill and "mature-like". It's like Sylvie is her little sister.

Sylvie IS her little sister, isn’t she?

 

[Marie2020]

Now I have to go to the computer again!

Of blow computers I have enough trouble with my phone

 

[Marie2020]

Just waiting for it to resolve can be 8 weeks if ever. But I am doing the dreaded maneuver and I am getting a lot better. Just staring straight up at the sky is one of the more challenging positions along with putting a sock on my left foot. But we have already established the latter is not worth bothering with.

I hope you are ok

 

[Marie2020]

Very clear explanation. Thank you! I do appreciate that you stick to thoughtful posts and will try to do more of the same. This thread has become so popular, it is difficult for me to always do so, but I do enjoy real, chicken related conversation.

So do I

 

[Marie2020]

I'm not surprised, I know you still miss her...subconscious selection, I suspect. (My Rosie has been gone a year now,,,and I still get weepy at times!)
Was for the pic. These are for you.

 

[Marie2020]

Well said. Thank you, @BY Bob, for hosting this thread. And thank you to everyone else for your varying participation/contributions. As I’ve said before, this is my home on BYC.

I can't imagine not being here and here without you

 

[Marie2020]

I met another chicken person tonight and hope he manages to join. I told him all about fluffy butts and the people I care about here so fingers crossed we will see him soon. Red rooster

 

[bgmathteach]

I don't know all that much about cars either. I do know about muffler bearings, blinker fluid, and the 710 cap. (All fictitious things, well, the 710 is oil upside down).

Ahh...but do you know about summer & winter air? Gotta make sure you have the correct season's air in the tires, don't you know! (Hubby teaches forestry & landscaping..has had kids getting 'buckets of steam', changing out the winter air in tires, trying to replace blinker fluid, and searching the other voc. programs for who has the shelf stretcher on April Fools day!) I'll have to tell him about the muffler bearings & 710 Cap!!