I'm a new chicken owner and have had my 2 Isa browns for 3 months now. They are 7months old and we live in the inner city suburbs. I've left their door open during the night for a week stupidly thinking that there's no predators so close to town and the cats in the neighborhood are the same size...
I spoke to my work buddy who owns 36 chooks about this and he said that its probably cause its dark and they think I'm a predator because they can't recognise me.
I have read about bad night vision for chooks.
I think it's true because the past 2 days we sat at least 6 metres away from them...
Here they are while in their coop. The one acting up is the one sitting down.
Strangely they are normally quite shy and runs away if we get close. It's just the 10minutes after sunset when she gets nasty.
I purchased 2 isa brown hens 2 weeks ago. They are currently 18weeks old as advised by the pet store keeper. I let them out free ranging an hour before sunset. They are friendly, timid, curious while I'm walking around the garden, inspect each corner and run away if I try to pat them. Last week...