Introducing new chickens to the brood isn’t very easy to do. This is the morning after when the new pullets were introduced to the brood. Because hens often are very brutal and can kill baby chicks because they weren’t incubated by a residential hen. We put the new pullets right along side the bardrock hens in a confined area.
Even adding a pullet of the same breed isn’t a sure and safe friendly even. Yesterday our hens fought almost to the death. It’s best to buy the amount of chicks that you plan on having in the future. Just because they are the same breed is no gaurantee they will co-exist happily.
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@eoptravel You …
@eoptravel You NEVER look a strange dog in the eyes nor pat its head! that is only for its master to do! I let them sniff the back of my hand and then maybe they get a stroke on the SIDE and I tell them to move on and enjoy their day.
Horses are nice, you blow in their nostrils and they can tell who you are and what your chemistry is. You get signals of acceptance right back. They do love to be groomed! I can get the wild ones to give me their hooves to pick out, they love it!
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@slobomotion: cont…I know more about a person, by not what they say, but their body language.
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@slobomotion: Animal behavior applies to human’s body language. A chick bows just like a person lowers his/her head, when under attack. And no eye contact. In the animal world, direct eye contact is a sign of aggression. It’s funny, we are taught to look people directly in the eyes, when we speak to eachother. Otherwise you appear weak…But we don’t look people in the eyes as we walk by…because this is either an invitation or a sign of aggresssion. cont….
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@eoptravel True! They have a saying in France, “Je ne baisse pas les bras!” Literally, it means, I refuse to lower my arms! Or, I refuse to throw in the towel! (Here they say “throw the sponge.”) It is like the image of a boxer, we have to keep our dukes up!
That was SUCH A COOL VIDEO and an analysis of their bowing and stuff!
I loved studying organizational behavior in my MBA program! All behaviors are so interesting!
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@slobomotion: Everything will resolve itself, and quiters never win. Definately you are like my Americaunas a winner….so keep going forward and be strong.
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@eoptravel Hee hee! I am having major LIFE problems. I am in this administrative limbo and have had no income since March! I have had to borrow ten thousand euros, and fortunately I have good credit, but I am DEAD to my French family and everyone else seems to WISH I were dead! I will not stop fighting for the justice and decent treatment I deserve! They picked the wrong person to try to beat down into a pulp! Hee hee hee!!!!!
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@TrailerParkTrish: Yes it’s encouraging, especially after yesterday.
@eoptravel That …
@eoptravel That sounds very promising.
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@VivianRinSC: One of our little leghorns got into the hens area. And the bardrocks just mother the pullet, until I could come and put her back into the pullet area. The chicks find it very comforting with the hens next to them. They have adjusted really well all the chickens are fine again, today.
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@TrailerParkTrish: Yes, me too. The hens are back laying eggs all of them. Today one of the little leghorn pullets, flew over the top through a hole, right into the bardrocks area. All the bardrocks, just cooed, and loved the little chick. I then put the leghorn back into their area and fixed the hole.
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@slobomotion : Hi Goddess from France. I missed you…so are you having computer problems? Nice to hear from you and that the sweet peppers and cherry tomatoes sprouted for you. LOL:your friend from America.
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Unable to play this but am still here will try again. Greetings from France. incredible snafus here but trying to hang on! New sweet peppers sprouted fine from seeds thanks to your advice, cherry tomatoes every day! xoxoxoxo
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I’m glad to see things have calmed down.
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It takes them some time to adjust. Having a separate pen really helps when they see, smell and hear each other but not attack. So far we’ve been really lucky using the holding pen for that. We only had our hens run up to but not attack the new chicks.