Preliminary Observations on the Behavior of Feral Chickens on the Island of Kauai; Reflections on Domestication as Complexity

17 Pages Posted: 22 Jan 2015 Last revised: 4 Aug 2017

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Niccolo Leo Caldararo

San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology

Date Written: January 20, 2015

Abstract

Two study sessions of fieldwork on the Hawaiian island of Kauai were undertaken in 2012 and 2014 on the behavior of the feral chickens on the island. The inquiry was directed to understand the nature of social organization given the animals had no natural predators and were largely ignored by the present population. Comparisons with other vertebrate populations with out natural predators was considered.

Keywords: Avifauna, Gallus gallus, Feral chickens, social organization, dominance, sex ratio

JEL Classification: A14, J11

Suggested Citation

Caldararo, Niccolo Leo, Preliminary Observations on the Behavior of Feral Chickens on the Island of Kauai; Reflections on Domestication as Complexity (January 20, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2552936 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2552936

Niccolo Leo Caldararo (Contact Author)

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