ChaosMom
Crowing
A cockerel-raising question for @Shadrach and anyone else who does broody-raised chickening:
I read the guess-the-breed-and-gender thread for fun. There is often wailing and gnashing of teeth when a young chicken starts looking like a roo, accompanied by “it’s always the boys who are so sweet and affectionate!”
How do cockerels behave in purely broody-raised flocks with minimal human interference? Do they get chased off at some point (age) by older hens? Do they seem more comfortable with humans than are pullets? If so, why might that be, in terms of evolutionary pressures?
I’m always curious about how human participation in chickens’ lives affects their behaviors.
I read the guess-the-breed-and-gender thread for fun. There is often wailing and gnashing of teeth when a young chicken starts looking like a roo, accompanied by “it’s always the boys who are so sweet and affectionate!”
How do cockerels behave in purely broody-raised flocks with minimal human interference? Do they get chased off at some point (age) by older hens? Do they seem more comfortable with humans than are pullets? If so, why might that be, in terms of evolutionary pressures?
I’m always curious about how human participation in chickens’ lives affects their behaviors.
In the interest of not having the chicken IRS pay a visit, here's some pictures of one of the in-laws' chickens. Unsure of genetics, some form of EE mutt. The curious thing about her is that she has an extra toe on only one foot, not both.
