Fear, instinct, enjoying the taste of a ripe strawberry, who can say exactly what it is, I still watch and learn and try to understand my chickens without assigning them a label of what 'I' think it may or maynot be -oh she's doing something cute, I don't think animals have a predetermined...
If it's any help, gale65, eggs are actually laid sterile, yup, so keep a clean nest box and there will truley be no germs on your eggs,, hard to believe but true, such a perfect thing really.
As for having affection for your chickens, it's something we can all agree to disagree isn't it..I know...