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How We Choose Our Roosters
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- Опубліковано 8 кві 2020
- It can be tough to decide if you want to have a rooster on your homestead. Once you become attached, it can be even harder to decide which roosters to keep. They can be fighting, aggressive towards people or children, or just beating up the hens. Whatever the reason, when you need to thin the flock a bit, it can be hard to decide who stays, and who goes.
Recently, we had to make the tough decision between Winston, a long time resident of the farm, and Murph, a newcomer on the scene, who showed a lot of promise. In this video, we tell the story of Winston,Henry, and Henry's son, Murph. It may provide some tips for you decide who you should be keeping in your backyard chicken flock. It may also provide some tips that can benefit the health of your backyard chicken flock.
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Thanks for watching! How do you decide which roosters stay and which roosters go?
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Literally and figuratively i guess? So fried or grilled chicken for dinner? LOL! bet he was nummy! 😐
Thanks for the info now I think I will keep my lil rooster
@@Cactus8Ouch We kill some. 🤷♂️
I am about to get chickens and have no practice yet, but just found this video (it goes into the physical qualities you wanna look for if you want to hatch chics) Hope it's helpful ua-cam.com/video/TZaHQV22zqM/v-deo.html
Love your info. I remember as a kid we rescued a rooster that was used in illegal cock fight. He was blind in one ey and in terrible shape. Months later he was the most beautiful and flock attentive rooster we ever had and boy o boy he would try and fight off a bear! Hahaha
That’s my worry I have an aggressive boy, and a guy in my area was like I take aggressive roosters?? So I’m like I’m why yeah no he needs a solo roo flock
I use to raise gamecocks. Most of my roosters were very tame and not man fighters. But other roosters another story. They don’t call them gamecocks for no reason. They will fight to the death. That is just what they are.
Ooh my rooster as a kid was also named Henry and he was the nicest rooster ever. I lovee him so much. He was so loyal towards me.
Chickens/ roosters are loyal and awesome. I love my Plymouth rocks.
i have a few super cute roosters i cuddle with every day. too bonded with chickens to the point where i could never butcher one. they really are awesome animals
Nobody gets culled these days. I separate when a roo is fighting and will expand to a new flock in Spring. Amazing how few people in a small town raise chickens, but it's easier when you have two separate barns. I'm old and can't do much to contribute to my community, but I know chickens. Eggs will become valuable for barter.
I got 5 roosters from 7 light Sussex eggs I incubated. To date, I’m running 75% roosters. That’s rotten luck!
That’s a bummer!
How do you keep your run from turning into a cockfighting ring? Do you have to put saddles onto your girls to protect their backs?
@@danstadler3752 just separate extra of your roosters where are no hens... they'll be like bros and won't fight
Pointed eggs are males, females eggs are round (less pointy) you will get better results this way l.b
@@mishalishtiaq7217 That is a myth. Why wouldn’t hatcheries use this technique instead of employing professional chick sexers who look for a bump in vent.
Just got my first little guy. Buff Orpington Rooster. Hopefully he’ll grow up and stay like I’m raising him, super sweetly.
I has the only bestest Rooster Bruce… he was sooo sweet and such a good protector. So friendly and never a jerk.
I’ll never forget the first time I saw chickens mating. We were eating dinner and our neighbor’s chickens were in our yard. I looked out and was like “oh my gosh that rooster is attacking the hen!” And I thought he was going to kill her… then my husband informed me they were NOT fighting 😂😂😂
There's a fine line between fighting and sex, and since you're married, I'm surprised you didn't know that.
They are playing leap frog
Honestly sugar that just says more about your sex life than you probably should care to admit. There isn't a fine line between fighting and sex if that's not the sort of thing you're into. If it is then I won't kink shame you. Just don't try to shame a married woman over it.
I like how this guy delivers information good stuff my guy you just earned you a new fan.
Thanks! Glad to have you as a sub!
I like the honesty of your video. When we got our first hens we told the kids we'd let them live out their natural lives but to understand future chickens will not get the same promise. It wasn't long before we regretted that those hens rarely laid eggs and were useless eaters.
I have 3 roosters from my initial 10 chicks. This was super helpful. You guys did a good job editing and filming this too🤘🏼
“Chickens will not self replicate!” 😂😂
Murph is beautiful! I have a cream legbar rooster, as well. He's actually a backyard mix, but looks like yours. He also was beat up...by his own son! Now, your wife sounds like me. About at 9 months old, his first spring...we gave the son to a good family with 8 hens.
Thank you for all the information you put out on this video. This morning I am faced with choosing one rooster out of 6 to stay. The others are heading to the butcher shop. I’ve grown attached to them all. But testosterone has taken over. I am playing doctor too often. And now am injured hen has opened my eyes to the reality. I will go and watch them closely this morning and really try and pick the best one. In the end. It’s the luck of the draw with this crew. Thanks again. Big help.
I wish you luck. It’s hard sometimes but we need to do what’s best for our flocks.
My rooster selection criteria was very similar to yours. Disposition and genetics. I had a free range backyard flock and always kept 2 roosters. Fighting between them was minimal and when it did happen was only long enough to determine who was going to be the top rooster. I only had one rooster who had a killer instinct. A magnificent red but he literally would have killed the other rooster so that fight was stopped and the red rooster became dinner. Chickens have a lot of sex linked traits. So the two roosters I kept had traits that would identify which rooster fathered chick's I hatched out and I only hatched out eggs when I knew which of my hens laid them
Wow! You’ve got a pretty good system.
Why not keep the red rooster for protection? Was it too aggressive to the hens as well?
Excellent content. Loved the humor
Great info, we love BIG roosters.
A big loveable rooster is never a problem for us either.
Good Morning!! I don't have chickens at all but one day I would like to have a few laying hens. Don't know if I would have a rooster though. The roosters are beautiful animals but I wouldn't put up with the fighting either. You did what you had to do. Take care!
Deb's Way A good rooster is worth more than it’s weight in gold. A bad one is worth about $1 a pound. 😂
Like 724! Hi my new friend! I Hit the button and rang the bell 🔔! The video was very informative and helpful! Looking forward to seeing more of your flock and videos! Great pointers to Choosing a rooster! Keep up the great work! Always a video for video full watch and big 👍from the Animal Papa family! Hope you have a great rest of the week! Take care and God bless! Animal Papa and Junior! 😎🐓❤️👍🙏
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing this with us. 💕NonnaGrace
Hi Mindful Homestead Family. Nice video. Your description of chicken courtship being a little rough is an understatement. I'll take "TheRapist" for $200.00 Alex" is more like it. Some of those boys can be brutal. Your hens are beautiful by the way. Cheers. ~Mike and Ester~
Duyan Farms Thanks guys! You’re right about some roosters being rough. Hope all is well in the Philippines!
Very fruitful information thx
No problem! Thanks for watching.
Yeah he’s beautiful!!
This videos very helpful. N life I haven't had ANY good expirence with roosters. All my roosters were like Kyle or WORSE!
•Theyd pull all the feathers off my girls even in winter !
•theyd lead my hens off my farm !
•the roosters would attack me
• the hens would have to leave the rooster to come get freash corn and food refills.
I kept those 3 little shits for not even a year. Now I will NOT take another rooster, and Ive increased my dogs payment and hours to protect the ladies ;).
Great video.
Great video ... First timers here so the decision hasn't been made. I'm guessing these sentimental first timers will wait until the neighbors make the choice for us. So far, out of fifteen hatched, three are crowing ...
great video, New sub here. Keeper Movin
Loved this video ❤️ my rooster that I raised is over a yr old now and just being a means. Luckily I just found him a good home. This was great to watch, lots of info. Thank you! I love my rooster Woody but he's always overmating with the girls and challenging me. He's too much to handle lol.
This confirms me giving him away is the right decision. I have about 6 more baby roosters coming up so well see how they act when they're older lol. Hopefully they don't get daddy's traits. He's definitely over eager with his hens and not trusting towards humans so much. Loved this video. ❤️ thanks again!
Always cool to learn new stuff 😎
Thanks for watching!
My Rooster and I the boss around the house had a major misunderstanding at first. His name is Rooster and he is a very big Road island red. But we are good now lol. The only time we fight with each other is when i come down with the nail cutters lol
That’s hilarious! I legit had a Henrietta that turned into a Henry!
My gracious! I’ve had them fight like that allllllllllll day before.. they can be brutal to each other! Love love love to hatch eggs. 🙈 mating season. Dudes come on. 🤣 sexing chicks are HARD! Awesome video!
The Mac’s Thanks Macs! Love you guys!
If you have a particular hen that seems to be a favorite of the roos it’s a good idea to put a saddle on her to keep her protected. If she develops open sores she could die as the other hens, likely jealous will peck at the sores.
Just a comment about roosters. When I was an early teen I was gifted with three chickens. One was Charlie a mixed bantam of about ten years. The hen was a don’t know she also was old so no eggs. Finally one was still young and was putting in feathers. This turned into Honeysuckle she was a buff Cochin. My beauty. I loved them. I really totally loved my Charlie. He was the perfect gentleman always thinking of his girl.
Well we were gone one day and one of the gates was left open. I noticed as we arrived and did not think about it as Charlie did not wander. Then as we went in I heard the horrible sound of a chicken fighting for its life. Flying out the garage door, first I saw what had to be Charlie. I ran over he had a hole in his neck part of his comb was missing and an eye was gone. I was in shock. I thought he was gone.
Then I became aware of the noise. I got up ran across the yard and the little old hen was guts torn out .
I ran to were a dashund and a mix of about 25 lbs were working my honeysuckle
she was fighting bravely but would soon be dead.
Needless to say I jumped right in and stared kicking hitting and trying to get them off. Suddenly
Something flew over my shoulder, it was super rooster, Charlie.
We kicked butt and Charlie killed the larger of the two the other I gathered in a bag to take to the neighbor whose chickens they were.
My rooster is a welsummer bantam. I took a great deal of care when raising him alongside his sister. I raised them in the house and always responded to their distress cries. I fell asleep some nights holding them as they found the warmth of my hands more comforting than the wood chips of their cage. They remembered that and now I'm the only one that rooster doesn't attack. He comes up to me, does a little dance with his tiny feet while all puffed up, and lets me pick him up. He will attack my grandfather though like he's the embodiment of evil.
Damn Henry you a player now LOL
Henry is living that high life!
I love my blue splash cochin rooster, Samson is a quite rooster, he don't crow much.
You surprised me by having a clip of "Kyle the Rooster". Kyle was a jerk but he was quite a character and everyone watching the channel loved him and was really sad when he mostlikely fell victim to a predictor. I am glad the owner didn't change the name of the channel! You had some good pointers on how to choose a rooster for the flock! Enjoyed your video!
Thanks for watching! Loved and miss Kyle!
Thanks. I’ve been trying to decide and this gives me some things to think about. Already got rid of one but I’m trying to decide between Bill, my sweet guy and Henry my big boy, more aggressive but also a good protector.
Good luck with your choice. It’s never really cut and dry.
Which one did you choose? They sound like 2 guys the female protagonist of a novel has to choose between lol
We have two roosters that have become like pets to us so I sure hope they act right when they fully mature.
Don't count on it. Our rooster was a sweety until he reached adulthood. He would sleep in our arms and come running to us to be picked up. Now he acts like he never knew us. He attacks one of us every day. So sad.
I have found that it’s best not to tame the rooster. They lose their fear and respect towards you. They also let their guard down and are the first to be taken.
We just mutually ignore each other and that seems to work all round.
Cheers
thank you for your information..I just introduced a roo and 6 hens to my current 5 hen one roo...my current roo is huge...new roo is banti, have size but fieisty..my roo is 3 times the size but when he humps the hens hes 5 inches off for fertilizing..and I have broody hens but believe the eggs are not fertilized..as his sexy ways are way off the vent...new roo and hens have it going on..lmao but true
Beautiful boy!
I GOT 4 CHICKS STRAIGHT RUNS GOT 3 ROOSTERS 1 HEN GOT READ OF TWO OF MY BABIES HAVE ONE WHO IS REALLY REALLY SWEET AND WE HOLD HIM ALL THE TIME
Nice rooster
That video of Kyle the legendary mean rooster caught me off guard. Lol. I love that rooster. RIP though.
RIP Kyle.
He’s just standing there like 👁👁🐔🧍♀️
Are you saying two hens can't procreate!?!? How dare youuuuu! Lmao great info man I was supposed to have 6 hens and ended up with 4 and was wondering to do with the roosters or if I could keep them. Thanks for the advice you earned yourself a new sub.
greetings from Morocco !
i love roosters
i keep them 10 years in my fluke (until they pass away hhh)
5:33 difference is clear to me. Alternating lengths.
8:10 Friggin Kyle. GOSH!
Kyle!
We choose the easiest going with people and not a bully with hens either. If they’re hyper and all over the place and even slightly mean we make him into soup.
I have 6 Hens and 1 rooster and I know some times roosters can get aggressive because there aren't a lot of hens but my rooster is fine with all the hens and all the hens lay eggs fine
Can u tell me what can I give my rosters and hen when they sick
Wow that’s roosters , you do a push up
What do you sensation for for me buy good looking rooster I want improve to buying rooster and chickens?
All my roosters have been so sweet.. poor Winston 😢
To be more prepared for times like we are facing right now?
What times are we facing that relates to being prepared? There is always bad weather and things like that.
Great feed. I want to start raring pls I need guidance
We have 2 rooster but one is a silky. He's meaner to the hens than he should be, not in mating but in general. Our other rooster is great with the hens, very very protective. He's awful with us. He will flog us at the drop of a hat. Right now I have a wound on my leg. My grandson has 3 wounds on his back. We want to keep him but it's nerve racking going into the run or coop to get eggs or do our chores. He will even attack if he is in the yard but not as bad as if both he and we are in the coop. If he is out of the run and he sees us going toward the coop, he will run down there to defend his territory. We want to tame him but we all are too afraid to try to pick him up. Not sure what to do. We do love him, We raised him, but he's mean. He is also great in a lot of ways. He really keeps peace among the hens and the other rooster. He is so gentle with all of them. He considers us a threat even though if we didn't care for them they all would die. Chickens are not the smartest. We need a rooster whisperer. lol
Hello mate how is your rooster so cool and calm
Ours we had him since week old suddenly became aggressive we can't play or carry him any more .started pecking and attacking us
Grab him when he is attacking, and hold him down on the ground, on his side. Put your hand on his head to keep it down as well. Keep him there until he calms down. I my take a few times to make him understand.
'm sick, wild dogs just killed my rooster yesterday....................so sad. All I found was his tail feathers. Now I have to get another one. He must be a gentleman, hopefully not traumatize the gals and not attack me. Wonder what is the best gentle rooster to get. Right now I have 8 widows, they have been calling for him too........I think he purposefully drew the dogs attention to himself so his gals could get away.
Maybe I have just been lucky. But most of my roosters have been gentlemen. I won't keep an attacker.
I have had Astrolorps, wellsummer, roosters that I loved. It's a matter of likes I guess. Right now I have 3 pens of chickens. 1. Has 10 chickens at the moment with also a Wellsumer rooster and a Bilenfelder. 2. Has 7 chickens with a Buckeye rooster. 3. has 9 hens with
When I got my rooster he always stopped my older hen from hitting my small hen 😊
We have a cock in our laying flock. His names Coileach and he's a Copper black maran cockerel. He's a mighty bird. He has a happy temperament with people he knows but he's also wary of people he doesn't know which is good. He's really nice to the hens and they love him. He's extremely protective of his cailíní aswell. He's like a sentry, he once fought a Springer spaniel who was attacking the hens and he won ( thanks to his spurs, never cut a cocks spurs off ) We're hatching eggs now so it'll be interesting to see what comes out of them. Hopefully the male chicks will inherit his temperament
Hmmm my eggs are coming out,am deciding which one to slautere....
Sir your rooster look just like my Goldie
My shire doesn't allow roosters in our area..., even though I live in the country on a semi rural block/area (just a dumb rule)..., and I want a rooster for the fertile eggs, so the alternitve was a rooster collar..., works perfectly and is better than the rooster becoming dinner.
That’s a bummer! But at least the crow collar works.
I’m building a coop and run for my first chickens,but I haven’t got any yet because I fear violent behavior myself. I live in a town that lets you have chickens in your backyard. I planned on getting four buff Orpington laying hens as chicks,and if one turns out a rooster I would put a crowing collar on it. I want my chickens to be more like pets than income. I even plan on just keeping them until they die ,instead of needing the room. I’m retired and just looking for a peaceful coexistence, not sure now if I wanna deal anymore with violent pecking order. Being a pacifist,I constantly forget we’re still born with it. Like a lot of people,I think of a dream world,and move forward with doubts I’ll be allowed. My dreams of chickens don’t destroy my lawn,but my understanding knows better. I only learn from my mistakes,so I’m getting chickens. But they’ll have godparents if I’m not able.
You’re so right. My handsome, human-aggressive EE took on and ran off a grey hawk. Flogging it until it retreated. He always breaks up the fights between the hens, too. Sadly, he’s old, has a bum leg, and I need to kill him to make room for a younger one. Not gonna be easy for me.
Sometimes the good ones need to go too. Keep his genes around if you can
You should let that cockerel mate with a group of hens and hope he fertilises some eggs and incubate them and introduce a cock from the clutch
I had a rooster like and he was huge and would stand on my hand sadly a fox got him and I had to put him down took two slugs and for just being a chicken that day was very tragic
I free range about 35 chickens of assorted breeds, of those 4 are mature roosters. They all get along just fine. The roosters each have their favorite females that they "protect" & Generally the chosen females stay with their rooster by choice. Other females float between the roosters as they please.
In my personal opinion, it’s best to seek out friendlier breeds as a start. However, sometimes having a friendly rooster can backfire once their testosterone kicks into overdrive. I’ve had many roosters who started out as sweet friendly babies, but once they mature, that just translates into them not being afraid of us, but still aggressive as hell, which makes them worse than the unfriendly ones who at least tend to keep their distance. I also find that it really all comes down to the individual bird. If you want a nice rooster, you may be better off getting a few, and just keeping the nicest one. You just never know how aggressive they’ll be until they’re sexually mature. I would highly recommend the ameraucana or araucana.
What kind of roosters are murph and Henry
Ol Big Murph!😂 we have a rooster named Pretty Boy, he knows he’s pretty😂😂😂 he is a Dominique along with all but 1 hen, the one is a New Hampshire Red and of course she is at the bottom of the pecking order since she is the only brown chicken. Thought we had 3 roos, might still but I’m sure the other 2 are hens😂 oops
Grap ome chick FROM THE beak , if it start yelling is a chicken , if it do not have any reaction is a Rooster
I have learned this from my Grand mother
I have a odd question. I have a mixed flocked, full size and bantams all different breeds. I want to keep one rooster. When people breed do they separate the breeds? Does it matter if he mates with all the breeds? What about the size differences? Should I keep a bantam rooster only since I do have done bantam hens?
You really want to keep bantams and full sized birds separate because the full sized birds can hurt the bantams. A full size rooster trying to mount a bantam hen can do some major damage. Adding a bantam rooster will only give your full size rooster a sparing buddy. I’d avoid that too.
Good evening, can a rooster be a pet? Would being with a human (busy human) be enough for a pet rooster?
2:31 me:GO IN THERE AND STOP THE FIGHT!!
How do you deal with the flies : /
I bought those (hanging) sticky fly catchers/killers but is there a better solution??
I love my 12 Hens & 2 Roosters & the 4 (3 month old) Turkeys : )
The flies are a problem though : /
Thanks for the video!!
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@@TheMindfulHomestead Thank you!!!!
My rooster likes to cuddle me 😂
My roosters in the past had a love hate relationship with me. Either they were really sweet and would hop into their wash basin to let me wash their feet before hopping onto mu head or lap or to come to me for food or company or they would be so mean and would run after me and peck at me and flare at me. Im willing to have a rooster and hens again but hopefully theyre nicer the 5th time around.
Good luck! Sometimes it takes a few tries to get a good one.
I have a rooster like murph but lately he’s been flogging me randomly and it really sucks I don’t want to freezer him cause he’s a protector of the flock while they free range. I’m so stuck on what to do lol
There are ways to tame over aggressive Roosters and videos on how to do it. I had one that had spurred me several times and ended up shooting him. I didn't know about the other methods at the time. This was 3 or 4 years ago.
@@michaelward9880 have you managed to tame any roosters since then?:o
@crispykett8725 no need to.
I keep four roosters but we have three coops spread out across the property and a ton of black snakes everywhere
hey man you selling some hens
The rooster’s crow crushes the insecure not feeling as much. Those that can’t crow,don’t wanna hear about it.
We decided not to get a rooster because we don't intend to breed ours. It makes eggs easy - no need to candle them LOL
I know what I need to do
Be strong!
Does someone understand water to stop a fight
Have you ever had roosters? That’s only going to stop the fight as long as you’re standing there with a hose.
Chickens do not self replicate! SORRY! LOL! SO I have 2 roosters for my 25 hens... I just ordered 35 more hens. Should I order another rooster or 2? Is there a more docile breed of roosters you recommend? If there is such a thing?
i mean, i just cook roosters they taste superb when they about 4 month old
What breed is Henry?
He’s a Cuckoo Marans x Welsummer cross.
What breed is Murphy
Dad was a Welsummer and Cuckoo Marans cross and mom was a Buff Orpington.
R.I.P. Kyle the Rooster.
I understand being scared of the roosters spurs.. but why not get a broom or something to separate them? Also, probably not putting 2 roosters in a confined space together in the first place would definitely help. Not bashing, just offering advice. I've raised roosters together very friendly, just have to remember they're still roosters and need space from each other
They chose to fight inside the run, they had a 2,000 sq foot outdoor area that was open to them.
@@TheMindfulHomestead Gosh, that's very rooster of them. Sorry to assume!
Well that 90% turned into 60% at a certain chain store for us. Lol
Blame the Hatchery then. They come sexed from Hoover, not anyone at the chain store.
@@TheMindfulHomestead possibly, but at the retailer someone was moving chicks from tank to tank for cleaning and it looked a bit chaotic. Their brooders were wide open and side by side. High probability for error. Thus, our 90% became 60%.
We visited another local retailer and their system was vastly different. Beginning with 90% from the hatchery I'd expect (with human error) 90% to perhaps 75% accuracy at worst. Their closed brooder system seems to be ideal. There is no way to accidentally return a chick to the wrong brooder as the only access is to the unit being cleaned and the temporary unit. Human error might allow for a mixup if someone opens 2 brooders at once but the person managing them seemed far more experienced and knowledgable.
At the other retailer with open brooders side by side my guess is introducing a new employee (he stated as such) + the chaotic cleaning transfer leads 90% to 75%, or our 60%. At least they're healthy and they are all chickens even if they aren't the breed or sex we expected! Time will tell. Lol
@@vinlago I can say for a fact that if they are moving chicks from a brooder to clean then they aren’t following written procedure for cleaning the stock tanks. Chicks aren’t supposed to be taken out when cleaning
This is my worry hatching my own eggs but I really want to hatch my own is it possible to have 4-5 roosters in a flock I also got my first 10 from tsc apparently sex linked nope they were labeled hens 1 turned out to be a boy but he’s the sweetest and bigger then my leghorn but he gets bullied so I’m in the same boat what to do w my leghorn
Yea. Wing sexing chicks is only 90% accurate so every once in a while, a roo will slip through. It happens. Good that he’s sweet though. That’s a great trait they can pass down if you do hatch your own eggs.
For 5-6 roosters I’d say you need at least 50 hens. The rule of thumb is 1 too per 10 hens, but we’ve had issues with 2 Roos and 30 hens. So we only keep one now.
At 6:55 is that chicken okay?
Haha. She’s OK. That’s Little Gray. She always had a funny walk to her from the time she was a little chick. She’s one of our first hens and definitely one of the friendliest we have as well. Murph always follows her around because some of the other hens can be mean.
@@TheMindfulHomestead glad
How do I find someone trustworthy to take my rooster
What breed is murph
He’s a mix of buff Orpington, cuckoo Marans and Welsummer.
Might have to breed me one he's a beautiful rooster love his colors
We plan on eating the extra roosters.
A hen can fertilize other hens if she identifies as a rooster
No they can't. Not unless they're born intersex. If one of a hens ovaries dies, she'll have more testosterone outweighing the estrogen, but she still has female reproductive organs, they just won't work (produce eggs). They only obtain rooster qualities like appearance and begin to crow a bit differently with smaller lungs