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[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! I've come to an understanding about my Delawares --- they are not 'chicken-smart' chickens. They don't seem to have any good chicken-sense at all. They are just sweet and friendly as a chicken could be, but when 'chicken-sense' was being handed out, they must have been standing in the wrong line.
I can only hope they gain practical sense as they get older.

Lisa

 

[Lotsapaints]

Mine are great foragers, roost on the roost, lay in the egg box, will find any exit that I forgot about but know how to get back in where they belong just how smart should chickens be? It must be mind control

 

[kathyinmo]

I agree, Lisa! They are soooo sweet though. Well, my boys are alert and do well, but the girls don't have a clue if anything is going on that they should be wary of!

Something surprising is happening in my Delaware pen. They have been there about a week now. Jacob has been pacing the fence line and watching the girls from the layers coop (where he lived and shared Alpha roo status with a BCM before the move). He is allowing the 2 younger boys to mate with the Delaware girls. The first couple days he did not do this. Tonight he was not the last one in either. He allowed one of the younger boys to do that. He is still roosting in his (higher) spot though. What is up with this? The 3 boys get along well, but this surprises me. I think he is depressed, being separated from the large flock he was in charge of.

That's how it seems to me.

 

[Cetawin]

Kathy

why did you take Jacob away from his women? He sounds like he does not care and is getting depressed because he cannot get to his girls and he does not want the ones you have given him.

Shame on you woman!

 

[kathyinmo]

I know! I know! I really think that is what it is!

Why can't he just be happy with all those Delaware women?

 

[Cetawin]

Because he likes the other ones! Now give em back.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Well, they say, "variety is the spice of life." I guess he likes spice.

 

[Cetawin]

Of course....all them blondes will bore a man...he needs some brunettes, redheads and raven haired beauties...with a few blondes mixed in.

 

[kathyinmo]

I dunno .... If he doesn't snap out of it in the next few days, I may just let him out. I hate to see him not happy.
He was so happy out free ranging all day and watching over all the girls. He and my BCMarans were co-Alpha roos. They worked together so well. I hated to break it up.

 

[Cetawin]

Kathy give that boy back his women and his ranging...you can pull him with a few select Dellies for breeding later if you want and then return them to the group.