Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

I couldn't help but see many parallels between concepts lightly dealt with, but at least someone is thinking, between human male juveniles and cockerels.
Something I repeat often when talking about male chickens is they are not male hens. Boys are different and in many cases male chickens, primarily due to their keeping conditions, are not able to fill their natural roles in chicken society.
Many backyard chicken keepers do not get to see, or get to understand, the role the male chicken has to play in chicken society; the keeping circumstances just don't pemit the males natural behaviour and what one tends to get is the only point in keeping a cockerel or rooster is for breeding.
Possible reasons I believe I have had fewer problems with male chickens over the years than many backyard chicken keepers (taking the backyyard model as I have often described) are, a) I'm a male, and b) I have been fortunate in being able to care for both sexes in environments that have allowed both sexes to live a more natural existence.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...flix-teen-boys-gareth-southgate-b2717748.html

 

[Shadrach]

18/03.
Henry looked sick when I arrived. He did go out with the hens onto the field and while he was out he looked a lot better than he did on my arrival.
Henry has an incredible density of plumage and just getting to examine whats going on at skin level and below is rather challenging particulalry when he isn't very keen on being handled. I checked him over in three shifts yesterday and I've found a couple of lumps under his skin around his throat; tumours (?).
I can't see how he can go on for much longer like this.

 

[BDutch]

I couldn't help but see many parallels between concepts lightly dealt with, but at least someone is thinking, between human male juveniles and cockerels.
Something I repeat often when talking about male chickens is they are not male hens. Boys are different and in many cases male chickens, primarily due to their keeping conditions, are not able to fill their natural roles in chicken society.
Many backyard chicken keepers do not get to see, or get to understand, the role the male chicken has to play in chicken society; the keeping circumstances just don't pemit the males natural behaviour and what one tends to get is the only point in keeping a cockerel or rooster is for breeding.
Possible reasons I believe I have had fewer problems with male chickens over the years than many backyard chicken keepers (taking the backyyard model as I have often described) are, a) I'm a male, and b) I have been fortunate in being able to care for both sexes in environments that have allowed both sexes to live a more natural existence.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...flix-teen-boys-gareth-southgate-b2717748.html

I could only read the intro (pay wall) . This upcoming aggressive ‘male’ behaviour and how young male adolescents are attracted to act stupid, and even violent towards woman, was in the news here too.

I long for the days of the after effects of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s message. Make Peace not War.

 

[no fly zone]

Today would have been Skeksis's 6th birthday. I miss her so much.

 

[Perris]

Today would have been Skeksis's 6th birthday. I miss her so much.

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[Shadrach]

I could only read the intro (pay wall) . This upcoming aggressive ‘male’ behaviour and how young male adolescents are attracted to act stupid, and even violent towards woman, was in the news here too.

That isn't really what the article is about.

 

[fluffycrow]

Today would have been Skeksis's 6th birthday. I miss her so much.

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[Molpet]

Today would have been Skeksis's 6th birthday. I miss her so much.

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[RoyalChick]

I could only read the intro (pay wall) . This upcoming aggressive ‘male’ behaviour and how young male adolescents are attracted to act stupid, and even violent towards woman, was in the news here too.

I long for the days of the after effects of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s message. Make Peace not War.

It isn’t a paywall. It is a request for donation. You can close it down. It explains why it would never have a paywall.

 

[RoyalChick]

I couldn't help but see many parallels between concepts lightly dealt with, but at least someone is thinking, between human male juveniles and cockerels.
Something I repeat often when talking about male chickens is they are not male hens. Boys are different and in many cases male chickens, primarily due to their keeping conditions, are not able to fill their natural roles in chicken society.
Many backyard chicken keepers do not get to see, or get to understand, the role the male chicken has to play in chicken society; the keeping circumstances just don't pemit the males natural behaviour and what one tends to get is the only point in keeping a cockerel or rooster is for breeding.
Possible reasons I believe I have had fewer problems with male chickens over the years than many backyard chicken keepers (taking the backyyard model as I have often described) are, a) I'm a male, and b) I have been fortunate in being able to care for both sexes in environments that have allowed both sexes to live a more natural existence.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...flix-teen-boys-gareth-southgate-b2717748.html

I thought it was a very good article piece - thought provoking and warm. I am always wary of generalities even when backed by statistics - after all, behind every average there is a distribution - so my hackles rose at a few sentences such as:
"While girls worry about their mental health, boys worry they will fail in life."
But generally I thought she had some good common sense in her thoughts.
Thanks for sharing.