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Animals evolve a flee/freeze response to potential danger. The expended energy it takes to flee every potential threat must be balanced by the perceived risk of staying and watching the predator who may not be interested in them. This is why a rabbit often freezes and watches you cross the...

BDutch, funny you should say "different language" as my previous rooster had different calls for danger. I could play a YouTube video on Hen's mating calls and he would freak out and run around. This rooster just looks at me. The old rooster would freak out when I screeched like a hawk, this one...

I have a HUGE run for them, (12'X100') plus a tractor. It's all covered in bird net but despite this, a coyote somehow got under the fence and got my Buff Orpington. The hens just seem oblivious to his warnings. I have one Buff, two Black Americanas, and one Bard Rock (the bully of the bunch)...

I've noticed this a lot- our rooster sees a fox,cat, etc., and begins his LOUD cry of alarm. I come running from the house (sometimes just in time to see the predator running away) and the hens are casually pecking the ground around him. I thought having a rooster would help hens evade predators...