Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

Flat out busy. Be back next week.

 

[Molpet]

Flat out busy. Be back next week.

What, you have a real life outside of byc

 

[GregnLety]

@Shadrach In a discussion on Bob's thread a female keeper, @Ponypoor mentioned she'd like to be able to more easily handle her rooster. As a general rule I don't touch the roosters unless they are ill. But I notice that my wife handles our roosters on a regular basis. They even do their dance and attempt to court her. Am I loco but do you think they know their keepers by gender or is it a coincidence?

 

[GregnLety]

Flat out busy. Be back next week.

Enjoy your break, if possible.

 

[ManueB]

@Shadrach In a discussion on Bob's thread a female keeper, @Ponypoor mentioned she'd like to be able to more easily handle her rooster. As a general rule I don't touch the roosters unless they are ill. But I notice that my wife handles our roosters on a regular basis. They even do their dance and attempt to court her. Am I loco but do you think they know their keepers by gender or is it a coincidence?

I am convinced they can recognize genders and identify different humans.

 

[Perris]

I am convinced they can recognize genders and identify different humans.

I wish I could

 

[BDutch]

I wish I could

In the Netherlands we use the word gender for how someone feels. Male or female. We use the word sexe to distinguish male and female according the (hidden) genitalia.

Sometimes it’s hard to distinguish sexes (when dressed). But it’s impossible to say what gender a person is if you don’t know this person very well.

It seems that a lot of people are not happy with the registration of the sexe in official documents and now there is a discussion about changing sexe to gender and let people choose how they want to be named. Others say, abandon this completely from all official documents. Just like they did with eye color and hair color.

 

[RoyalChick]

I am convinced they can recognize genders and identify different humans.

I am very sure they can tell individuals and engines, I am not sure sure about gender.
My evidence is from the relationship my Princesses have with the handyman who helps with construction here.
The ladies adore the handyman. He talks to them and plays them music and most importantly he shares his lunch with them. I do not share my lunch. So if they see him they will leave me and head over to talk to him.
More impressively they can recognize the sound of his truck and go running to greet him. They don't behave that way with other trucks, but they reliably know the sound of his engine.
It is a bit hurtful when they leave off chatting to me to go meet him at the sound of his truck, but I have got over that and am really just impressed at how clever they are. I need to see the color of his truck to be sure it is him!

 

[BDutch]

My husband let the chickens out to free range. When I tuned in an hour later for breakfast the chickens had disappeared somewhere around the house.
I went outside to check.
MDH was flabbergasted how quick all 6 chickens appeared at the doorstep.
I told him: “I’m the lady who bought mealworms on world animal day and gives them a treat every day since. “

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

@Shadrach --- Enjoy your time off.

67 sunny 89% humidity feels like 65 rain 1%.

Have a great day!