Older Mid-tier hens know how to find their own choice morsels and rely less on me to do so. Older hens have seen the trick before and are more skeptical. So, I don’t always have to have food to gain “privileges”. Younger hens also fall for the, “check out this great food I have located” trick and come running when all I have is a leaf or a stick. I also know that the younger hens are more fertile, their eggs are younger, they lay more frequently, and because they are more likely to be grateful, they will not expel my gift. I know that if I am a good provider, they will likely be grateful and reward me with “privileges”. This means the younger hens need me to locate food for them. ![]() How do I choose with whom I will spend my reproductive time? Well, the younger hens need my help as the older hens take the good food for themselves. Replicate comes to the top of my list when everything is going well and frankly the weather turns warm. I become hyper-vigilant in those instances. When Protect is on the top of my list there seems to be some evidence of predators around or heaven forbid, there has been a loss in my tribe. The more miserable they make it the higher in priority Serve rises. I will pay as much attention to Serve as the lead hens make my life miserable. ![]() It seems that the times that Serve is on top it is directly related to the lead hens giving me grief about something. It seems that sometimes they are different orders. Why might that be? Let’s use our Male Goggles to see their point of view.Īs a male I have 3 things coursing through my brain, Serve, Protect, Replicate. You point out that roosters spend most of their time on the top and bottom of the pecking order. ![]() Teenage roosters are a mess and we might never recover from trying to put ourselves in their shoes. We should try to limit our exploration to fully mature roosters. They are some weird creatures these roosters. It is time to put our “Male Goggles” on, become “O Focused” and try to figure out where they are coming from so we might discover some answers to your dilemma. So, let’s look at how rooster’s behave and try to understand their motivations.
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