A while ago I was watching Cillin (Senior cock in Tribe 1) and Fat Bird (Senior hen in Tribe 1) as they sheltered from the sun in my house.
They both had their beaks open and were panting a bit and I thought Fat Bird was having breathing difficulties because she was breathing much faster than Cillin.
I counted 36 breathes per minute for Fat Bird, but only 20 for Cillin.
I timed other cocks and hens and roughly the hens breath at twice the rate of the cocks.
They all have about the same body temperature and about the same heart rate.
Why the big difference in breathing rate?
They both had their beaks open and were panting a bit and I thought Fat Bird was having breathing difficulties because she was breathing much faster than Cillin.
I counted 36 breathes per minute for Fat Bird, but only 20 for Cillin.
I timed other cocks and hens and roughly the hens breath at twice the rate of the cocks.
They all have about the same body temperature and about the same heart rate.
Why the big difference in breathing rate?