Time-lapse Thread Showing Key Steps in Hen-hatching

[aart]

At 15 eggs. May have cuckoldery going on.

Another male has broken into the pen?

 

[centrarchid]

Look up definition of cuckold..

 

[Kiki]

Look up definition of cuckold..

Done.
The noun or the verb?

 

[aart]

Look up definition of cuckold..

Yes, I know what a cuckhold means a female cheating on her husband....
...why I asked if another male had broken into the pen where I thought there was only one male.

 

[centrarchid]

Cuckoldry can involve a female slipping her offspring into care of another regardless of who the sire is. Purist example like you see with cowbirds and old world cuckoos placing eggs into nest of another species. In setting relevant here a female of the same harem is slipping her eggs into nest / care of another female. It then a form of intraspecific nest parasitism. Younger females really prone to it because they can produce more eggs and may not be be as adept at securing a quality nest site.

 

[Kiki]

Very interesting...thank you!

 

[aart]

In setting relevant here a female of the same harem is slipping her eggs into nest / care of another female. It then a form of intraspecific nest parasitism.

This makes more sense than the term cuckoldry.
So another hen laid eggs in the nest?

 

[centrarchid]

Nest parasitism is a particular type of cuckholdry. Popular use of the term "cuckholdry" centers more on male side apparently. My usage is consistent with what zoologist use.

There are two hens in the setup now, hence the placement of two nest a little over a two weeks ago.

 

[centrarchid]

I neglected to indicate addition of second hen at time spurs trimmed. Side-tracked.

 

[aart]

Nest parasitism is a particular type of cuckholdry. Popular use of the term "cuckholdry" centers more on male side apparently. My usage is consistent with what zoologist use.

Understand now, thanks...
...sometimes you forget your audience here is not fluent in science/biology/zoology,
tho I like to learn your vocabulary and truly enjoy your observations and 'experiments'.