Rural Gardening: Aggressive hen used to be so sweet?, 1 by

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Please, I beg to disagree that game roos that run wild very much do have a pecking order. I watch my 'bunch' all the time as they come and go from the driveway where I throw corn for them. I have no idea how they'd do penned up!

Here's one photo, two hens stay with Mr Big Guy, in black, sort of in the middle of the photo, and all the rest are 'lesser' roos, very hungry. I'd just put out corn in the morning. The big guy doesn't much chase the other roos, actually, tho' here he was defending his hen's food.

Once in a while there will be an argument, and a big noisy chase for a minute or two. Mostly, the young roos hang around together.

edit, I thought a boy walking alongside the road was carrying a football, but when I looked, it was a rooster.

This message was edited Apr 2, 2010 7:06 PM