Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

Could you provide a link to the complete study please.
Just to be clear, merge to combine two or more into a single whole.

The reference for and link to the paper that I excerpted is there immediately below the last excerpt. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...rescued-chickens-thread.1502267/post-28985256 About half way through the 1st para of the Discussion snipped and copied to the post it says
"Sighting of single bird is more com-
mon as more than 80% of the total observations
were of single bird, either male of female. This
shows that the Red Junglefowl in Dudwa remains
solitary for most of the time except during pre-
breeding and post-breeding periods. Sightings of
solitary bird were also very common in the Ceylon
Junglefowl (de Silva et al. 1992-93). Bigger congre-
gations were observed during the post-fledgling
period when hen and chicks fed together."
So that must mean the 'flocks' of 1 coming together to form larger flocks of 2-25 when they meet up to court, mate, and raise chicks. Perhaps Table 3 will make it clearer

All of these groupings are transient I'm sure, just like they are in Thistlewick's flock and my flock. There are stronger bonds between some birds, but that applies to pairs not larger groups.

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

? Isn’t it herding sheep or a herd of sheep. Never heard of flocking sheep or a flock of

Can be both in our mad language
https://biologyinsights.com/what-do-you-call-a-group-of-sheep/
Also sheep flock and we herd them at which point they are a drove! I think most of the terms were in use at the same time as a bevy of beauties, a sounder of swine, a rafter of turkeys and an exaltation of larks (one of my favourites).

 

[Shadrach]

The recent discussion on tribe or flock has led to me making some attempt to organize the 320 links to studies and related papers so that I can find stuff. Many of these papers are in PDF format and to my shame, I have no idea how to post a PDF on BYC.

Anyway, I found this and it has some interesting stuff on predator responses in chickens which is a topic that got touched on earlier in this thread. Have a read. It's fairly reader friendly and much of what it reports is what I've observed.

https://www.researchgate.net/public...y_Studies_Of_Fowl_Mean_For_Science_And_Ethics

 

[Shadrach]

The reference for and link to the paper that I excerpted is there immediately below the last excerpt. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...rescued-chickens-thread.1502267/post-28985256 About half way through the 1st para of the Discussion snipped and copied to the post it says
"Sighting of single bird is more com-
mon as more than 80% of the total observations
were of single bird, either male of female. This
shows that the Red Junglefowl in Dudwa remains
solitary for most of the time except during pre-
breeding and post-breeding periods. Sightings of
solitary bird were also very common in the Ceylon
Junglefowl (de Silva et al. 1992-93). Bigger congre-
gations were observed during the post-fledgling
period when hen and chicks fed together."
So that must mean the 'flocks' of 1 coming together to form larger flocks of 2-25 when they meet up to court, mate, and raise chicks. Perhaps Table 3 will make it clearer
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All of these groupings are transient I'm sure, just like they are in Thistlewick's flock and my flock. There are stronger bonds between some birds, but that applies to pairs not larger groups.

Thanks. I'll have a read later.

 

[Shadrach]

I had my Parkinson's Disease review last week. No major change.
I am find some tasks slightly more difficult but thankfully, nothing that is likely to prevent me going to the field.

 

[Molpet]

I had my Parkinson's Disease review last week. No major change.
I am find some tasks slightly more difficult but thankfully, nothing that is likely to prevent me going to the field.

Glad it's fairly stable

 

[Perris]

The recent discussion on tribe or flock has led to me making some attempt to organize the 320 links to studies and related papers so that I can find stuff. Many of these papers are in PDF format and to my shame, I have no idea how to post a PDF on BYC.

Anyway, I found this and it has some interesting stuff on predator responses in chickens which is a topic that got touched on earlier in this thread. Have a read. It's fairly reader friendly and much of what it reports is what I've observed.

https://www.researchgate.net/public...y_Studies_Of_Fowl_Mean_For_Science_And_Ethics

Very interesting paper; thanks for posting.

 

[Skyeknight]

If it's the same food every day, even people without motivation want variety.
People complain about mana and said they were better off in Egypt.

Quite a few animals actually like to work for their food even if it's the same food as in the feeder. This is especially true in captivity. For them it's a type of enrichment. Animals that normally are busy the whole day tend to want to do something to not be "bored".

I do think that if you observe a group of almost any social animal species long enough in a natural environment, you will find they have quite complex behaviours and depth. Be it chickens, sheep or fish.

 

[RoyalChick]

The recent discussion on tribe or flock has led to me making some attempt to organize the 320 links to studies and related papers so that I can find stuff. Many of these papers are in PDF format and to my shame, I have no idea how to post a PDF on BYC.

Anyway, I found this and it has some interesting stuff on predator responses in chickens which is a topic that got touched on earlier in this thread. Have a read. It's fairly reader friendly and much of what it reports is what I've observed.

https://www.researchgate.net/public...y_Studies_Of_Fowl_Mean_For_Science_And_Ethics

Attach files will do pdfs on BYC.

 

[RoyalChick]

I had my Parkinson's Disease review last week. No major change.
I am find some tasks slightly more difficult but thankfully, nothing that is likely to prevent me going to the field.

Good news.