Environmental & Social behavior of chicken

These passive gregarious birds have a pronounced social order. If acclimated they remain on the premises and are unlikely to go feral. If given a little evening meal of “scratch” they are learning to come back to rooster at night.                                       

     Although chicken derived from tropical area. The adapt to a wide variety of environment. The modern Leghorn for example is found in the hot planes of the country such as Saudi Arabia, which has a vest poultry industry and open export broilers.

Adult’s social behavior of chicken:

     Peck order among sexually mature male is express in social arrangement the dominant controls the behaviors of the next sub-ordinate male which tends to remain rarest to him.                          

     Chickens never moves randomly with regards to their neighbor dominant individual about facing & dominant individual. Male express status while standing & walking. All chickens must constantly maintain their rank in to peck order by an appropriate behavior. If a male submits in the presence of dominate male. The feathers are compressed & its tail is lower and closed. Walking the appropriate distance.                          

     The normal distance between the dominant male & its sub-ordinate to in which status and thrust behavior are avoided is between 5-6m. Although it is reduced at night in roosting area. Changes in dominant behavior when territory is limited to a small yard as compared with a larger territory indicate modification that become extreme in large matted flock.