🤨 Oddly yes. I keep looking for the dirt I dug out......I am certain they have full pockets and are giggling at messing with the silly human.
That reminds me I need to refill a garden box or two.....
Anecdotal but examples of behavior I have observed....
I go out and the chickens come running. Others (especially those who don't live here) go in the back yard all hens dive for the coop.
My black sex link caught or stole a mouse from another hen. They chased her around the yard. She ran TO...
Chickens being very tasty to....well...every predator out there are naturally skittish.
Once they are laying they calm down a lot.
Mine follow me around the yard and come running TO the run door when I go out.
Be patient. Sit quietly near them. Don't reach for them but let them come to...