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Private life of the chicken - TV Programme

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Chicken Mad Chicken Eggspert

Chicken Mad

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Have to confess - I was surprised they recognised the shapes. :o

Aaaah but did they? Or could they just smell the worms? Or sense their movement?

Very true! They should have tried them with dried mealworms and other treats to make sure its not the movement or smell but the shape! My girls try it on/go insane then ever any of us have a mug in our hands even though I only bring them treats in the big black one with red polka dots! :think:

But I still would like to think it was the intelligents! :D

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capper Freshly Laid Egg

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I have recorded and watched this programme a couple of times -I got my girls through BHWT so very close to my heart and bald bums/bellys/necks, no leg muscles are pretty standard - it doesn't really affect the ladies in question but it does look uncomfortable when they are trying to sunbath and their bones are visible. The up side is that its easy to check vent/necks for mites/louse as its so visible! I would have loved Lloyd to have been a chicken first and then morphed into a cockeral - pity that doesn't happen in humans as well!

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helen1962 Chicken Eggspert

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I did manage to watch this programme and it really was very good. It showed how chicks learn from mum which brings me to Easter when I bought two chicks from Happy Chicks in Preesall (they are excellent by the way as Sarah is extremely knowledgeable and helpful). Anyway as the weather was roasting I would let them in the back garden (they were living in a hamster tank in the middle of the lounge floor at the time!) The two would watch the older ex-batts for ages and would try to mimic them. They even tried to approach them as a child would its mother but the older ones would have none of it! Watching them in this way made me realise how much these chicks needed a mother. I kept saying to Tom (my other half) how sad it was that they were not being raised by a proper mother hen. Unless you witness hen behaviour you don't appreciate their dependency.

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craftyhunnypie Chuckling Chook

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I watched this last night on iplayer. What a brilliant programme. It tore at my heart strings & we are now determined to have some ex batts. Oh & we were in love with the 2 little cockerels - they grey / white one, with the shrill little voice! :lol: What breed were they - Dutch Bantam / Serama - something like that? :?

Chickens really are intelligent - the shape test was brill!

 

Emma.x

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Redwing Chronic Clucker

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Oh & we were in love with the 2 little cockerels - they grey / white one, with the shrill little voice! :lol: What breed were they - Dutch Bantam / Serama - something like that? :?

 

 

Emma.x

 

One was a silver Dutch, I cant remember what the other one was

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beulah59 Frequent Layer

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I only ever hatch with a broody hen; the little ones learn so much from watching them, and it is so endearing seeing them learn to scratch and forage.

 

I'm getting

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in a couple of weeks .......... such exciting possibilities.

:dance::dance::dance:

I'm jealous ... won't have a cockerel here, but longing to see the girls in a hareem!

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MarkBevBen All Knowing Superchicken

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Did anyone else see the programme recently 'The Private Life of Chickens' that was on BBC?

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t3tl1

 

Have to say, even though at the time we didn't have our lovely girls I found it truly fascinating - even kept it on our Sky+ thingy :D

 

Now that we've had our girls coming up for a month, have to say I find them so much fun to sit and watch. They definately have their own little personalities and have even spotted our Dottie has her own little routine of a morning! :D For instance, she's always first out of the Eglu and straight to the grub, where she stands and eats for a good while, then at around 10am she goes to the nest box to lay an egg :D regular as clockwork! :D

 

They seem to be really inquisitive about everything too - for instance, when they're free ranging in the garden, if I go out for whatever reason, they'll come over to me (looking for treats probably :lol: ). Last week we had a lovely sunny day and I bathed Ben (our doggy) outside and there they were with us watching and splashing in the water! :lol:

 

You know how they say a doggy year is seven to a human's one, how does that work for chickens? Do chickens 'live in the moment' as doggies do? :think:

 

I'd love to chat more with all the Omlet forum newbie and veteran chicken parents to get a sense of how you see the psychology of our beloved girls and boys.

 

Looking forward to hearing from you all...... :)

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