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    fuzzi's Chicken Journal

    That's a shame. We had the opposite problem in the spring with the first heat wave. An awful lot of stuff just bolted.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    9C, cloudy with bursts of sunshine. The wind though,:rolleyes: It's given up on the 40mph to 50mph gusts and gone for a constant 20mph to 30mph. They did come out for half an hour but late afternoon saw a drop in temperature and colder wind and they retreated to under the coop. I didn't bug...
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    Comment by 'Shadrach' in article 'Canada Goose Behavior'

    What about when a goose charges at you with lowered head but pulls up before making contact? I've had a few of these.
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    Review by 'Shadrach' in article 'Canada Goose Behavior'

    I think it's helpful to have a term or name for such behaviours and an explanation of what they may mean. This article lays out these behaviours in an easy to read and informative fashion.
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    Review by 'Shadrach' in article 'The Sphere of Influence: A Pecking Order Predicament'

    I enjoyed reading this. I recognise these spheres in the chickens I've known and I agree, they change, sometimes the reason is apparent, sometimes not.
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    Thistlewick Smallholding - Chickens & Sheep (for now)

    I would love to see pictures of each distinct group.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    AI for you. Programed by human data to make matters worse.:p
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    Aggressive mating behaviour: a recent review of the literature

    A group of us were standing around a fig tree that grew a couple of metres down one of the banks on the smallholding in Catalonia. We had a Catalan butterfly expert with us. There were fifty or so butterflies feeding off the figs which were partially rotten and fermenting and then spiraling...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Wattle shake! Lucky with the camera.:D Two hours, dry with mostly sunshine. A full two hours out of the coop extension and the coop run! I'm getting more time for Glais and the training/teaching attempts. The first problem was over food. While it is in my view for a rooster to eat before the...
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    Aggressive mating behaviour: a recent review of the literature

    I think the wing drop is about keeping balance rather than a display.
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    Aggressive mating behaviour: a recent review of the literature

    Herding is a form of dominance if one has to reduce other creatures often subtle behaviours to sex and violence. I prefer to view it as you're one of us in some instances and you're not one of us in others. As always context is important.
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    Aggressive mating behaviour: a recent review of the literature

    It can seem a bit bossy but there is no aggressive intent. I've watched these interactions so many times and no violence ensued.
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    Aggressive mating behaviour: a recent review of the literature

    This is getting like the egg song.:lau Roosters don't dance. An extract from my rooster article. "The Herding Shuffle. Roosters herd their hens. I’ve had countless hours of amusement watching a tribes’ rooster try and move his hens in a group from point A to point B. A few years ago the best...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I managed to keep them all out for an hour and a half today; I was there for two. 9C, some sunshine and a dry afternoon. I did write before Glais arrived that I thought Sylph would be a pushover and that's pretty much what has happened. Sylph invariably follows Glais unless I intervene; Mow...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    He is. He doesn't hold the title though; that goes to a rooster called Harold. Most unconventional and brave title goes to a rooster called Random. Best hen attentive rooster title goes to Oswald. Best mannered rooster title goes to Cillin. :love
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