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Peter, Paul and Robert

Triplets in chicken coop

In the chicken coop of a longtime Aiderbichler hatched many chicks and among them were three smallblack and white bantams. We were asked to take in the little roosters, because the owner did not want to upset Hermann, the ancestral rooster. So Peter, Paul and Robert came to Gut Aiderbichl Carinthia.

By nature the rooster is the leader of the chicken group

Peter, Paul and Robert might have disputed Hermann's rank one day. Roosters intuitively know that hens only associate with roosters of high rank. They also instinctively know that the rooster's job is to protect and, in an emergency, defend the hens. Would the four roosters have given up their position without a fight?
Within the flock of chickens, the rooster ensures order, so to speak. By certain noises, he drives away predators from the henhouse. Of course, he serves for reproduction. He not only mates the hens, but also goes in search of a suitable place to brood. Chickens would lay their eggs even without a rooster, but they are not fertilized. So egg laying also works without a rooster, because nature has arranged it that way.

So the owner did not want to put Hermann's ranking in danger, to put a point to the danger of scuffles, and also to spare the ears of the neighbors.

How does a rooster make itself unpopular?

A rooster often makes himself unpopular by starting to crow early in the morning to call his hens. The crowing of a rooster can already be loud, can you imagine that of four roosters? It could be a problem. Chickens generally do not sleep on the ground, but elevated in the branches of trees or in their chicken coop on the perch, so as not to be reached by the enemy.

In their new forever home at Gut Aiderbichl in Carinthia, the triplets Paul, Peter and Robert have everything they need: a huge run, lots of rooster friends like Bud Spencer, Terence Hill or Ferdinand. The latter came to Gut Aiderbichl Carinthia after breaking his leg. The fracture healed well, but the rest of the chicken group started to attack him.

Whether hen or rooster - all get along well. If not, one goes out of the way. Of course, the large run contributes to their peaceful coexistence. The bantams Peter, Paul and Robert feel at home, they can crow as much and as loudly as they want - it just doesn't bother anyone. There is shelter in all weathers and keepers who do everything to make the triplets feel comfortable.

May the dwarf cock triplets Peter, Paul and Robert have a long, healthy life.

I am life, that wants to live, in the midst of life, that wants to live.

~ Albert Schweitzer

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