Yeah I give Jack a little chase sometimes (never far or anything) when he comes after me or is too rough with the girls. He’s been better with both lately.
Yeah that makes sense. But even so, stress is stress no matter where it’s from. And if it was just stress we’d have a lot more chickens dropping dead. But I guess humans (or dogs or other “predators”) are different than an annoying rooster because with other chickens they’re not running for...
Yeah agreed. I almost got rid of mine for the same because he would just chase and jump them all the time but he’s been better lately and isn’t doing it as much and he’s actually protecting them now. He still sometimes jumps them but he’s trying other moves too lol plus he’s very young so I...
Yeah, I agree, but I was just saying they won’t necessarily die from it or stress or whatever because when I first put my cockerel in with the hens, everybody was very stressed for a long while. The girls because he was rude and annoying and him because him and his GF were relentlessly being...
Yeah, even my somewhat skittish ones I can usually catch if I need to :) but sometimes I can’t cause mine are usually free ranging so they like to play with me and duck out of reach over and over 😂🤣
If they’re inside a run or coop, I can usually corner one rather than chasing it.
And even when...
I don’t think this is necessarily true. Sometimes they just run if they haven’t been handled frequently or don’t like being held, etc. You don’t have to mishandle them or abuse them or anything for them to run and they don’t always run from fear. My girls are friendliest girls in the world and...