Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

[Perris]

I heard something interesting today—maybe someone else can speak to this but I have no experience with it personally except the two night time experiments I’ve done. A flock of wild turkeys hangs out near my mom’s place and she says the males roost lower in the trees than the hens—presumably to guard the hens. Is it the same with chickens?

I have 4 cockerels roosting in trees atm. Three roost at about the same height in a holly. The other one roosts in a conifer with half a dozen pullets; he roosts lower than they do. But, he is also less capable at flying up, and at picking his way through branches to find a good spot. So in his case it may be needs must, rather than a deliberate choice to roost lower.