tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7974545576568482389.post4362391490905634417..comments2023-08-17T19:06:56.339-04:00Comments on Nes' Farm: Egg SittingVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11375259718817439088noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7974545576568482389.post-29654083681812582272011-10-21T11:50:16.825-04:002011-10-21T11:50:16.825-04:00I love giving her new eggs, just because it's ...I love giving her new eggs, just because it's so cute to see how excited she gets! Nuzzling the little prize under her belly. She's got 5 now (1 EE 2 Buff? 1 BPR 1 Cochin) and I think she's maxed out, if we get a Maran today (fingers crossed!) I'll give her one more and that'll be it (she is a bantam).<br /><br />I know on the BBC doc "The Private Life of Chickens" they had students "teach" the chickens to pick out certain shapes (i.e. star or square) to get a treat, so they can definitely tell the difference. <br /><br />I just find it amazing that when you compare chickens and ducks to a bird like the warbler, who probably because of pressure from nest parasitism by the cuckoo, has evolved to kick any eggs that is slightly off in colour or shape out of their nests. Versus the domestic birds where you can have a tiny little silky hatch out ducks eggs and raise them!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375259718817439088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7974545576568482389.post-54131751399248161062011-10-21T09:14:26.363-04:002011-10-21T09:14:26.363-04:00This post reminded me of a video we were shown in ...This post reminded me of a video we were shown in Animal Behaviour class in university. A duck is nesting, and to show how they're essentially blind to size and colour, they put a pool ball and a wooden block next to the nest. The duck proceeds to nudge the pool ball "back" into the next, while ignoring the wooden block. I can't for the life of me find it on YouTube!Ashleyhttp://firsthomedreams.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com