behavior

Im not sure if this is the correct name for it but My rooster keeps dropping a wing and shuffling in a circle around me and then he pecks at my legs and sometimes he does the wing dance while chasing me and I’m not sure if this is normal or if it means something?

Hey all, was hoping you more seasoned chicken owners could help. I have 4 hens and my biggest girl is a Lavendar Ameraucana and clearly seems the top of the pecking order (ironically she used to be the runt!). She seems like a bully (though she is a favorite and super sweet with us… so please...

This will be a somewhat lengthy post with 2 major points: When to get the rest of the females/what age/breed Where/how to house them since each of my two duck factions has a male and they are in the only 2 enclosures I currently have Quick recap: Got a pekin male (Niles) and female (Daphne) and...

I'm not sure if this thread would be better in the chicken behavior section. I'm wondering how I should be interacting with some cockerels that I might end up selling to someone interested in gaming with them. If one or both of them ends up playing nicely with the girls I might keep him/them...

Hi! Still learning the ropes here so forgive what might be kind of a stupid observation and question. I welcome your thoughts! In my limited experience, chickens are normally pretty clean. I know they have feather dander, take dirt baths, and poop everywhere (and step in it a lot, eww), but...

Hello all So two issues have arisen that I was hoping to get some opinions/thoughts on. Firstly is the behavior of the two older Pekin vs three newer/younger ducks (2 Cayuga and 1 Silver Appleyard) The two Pekin, one male one female are at 6 months and have adjusted well to their coop, the...

Recently, granted we have only had him for a few weeks now, my rooster has been spending a lot of time in the nesting box. I was wondering if this behavior is normal or if I should be concerned. He also watched the hend lay their eggs, which I think is him protecting them.

So, of course, I'll need to post some backstory. We have 4 hens over a year old. We also had 2 pullets that were 15 weeks old. Blueberry and Butta. Butta was a tiny little silkie pullet. Cutest squeaky toy ever. But, a opossum got her! Blueberry was devastated. As were we. So, we took another...

I'm sorry if this has been covered. I searched the forums, but with keywords I've used, there were no results. My peacock is 4 years old and was hand-raised by the folks who gave him to us. We also have 2 peahens who are 3 this year. My peacock, Argos, is very sweet and loves to be near us. He...

Hi all, sorry if this is in the wrong forum. I recently got 3 almost 1 y/o (44 weeks I believe) Golden Comet hens that seem to refuse the higher roost ladder that I bought them. They used the ones that came with the pre-fab coop but they're only about an inch off the ground and a couple of the...

A couple months ago, I added 3 new female Muscovy ducks to my flock. The lonesome duck now in question, DW, first arrived as alpha, but she's quickly plummeted to the bottom of the hierarchy amidst the total flock of 7 I have (3 chicken hens, 1 duck drake, then these 3 duck ladies). I can tell...

we have a silkie and a americana that are slightly older than the rest of our chicks, and they hate being held, especially picked up. how do we win them over? they freak out so much when you try to pick them up. the rest of our chicks are also like that, but a lot less scared. how should we win...

This beautiful hen brooded and hatched out ducklings in 2016. This short clip features her vocalizing to the baby, clucking to it at the end and scolding me in the beginning!

Sally, my female Duclair occasionally sleeps/rests like this, and it worries me. It seems pretty innocuous, but I can’t help but fear somethings up. There’s not much else concerning going on, other than that she is slower than the rest of the flock and seems a bit “air headed.” She is also a...

I was curious as to what the 'average' or 'normal' napping habits of chickens? What are the sleeping habits of your hens? How often do they nap? Once? Twice? More than 5 times a day? What is considered normal napping habits, and what is considered sick behavior? Maybe this will help other...

Hi there! I'm raising a bunch of king quails and I realised that they have this cute little habit. They'll be walking around and then suddenly dropping close to the ground, almost like lying down flat, and tilt their head while chirping happily all of a sudden. Not really sure how to fully...

I have quite a few hens in my flock! I absolutely love them and I spend a lot of time sitting with them and petting them and my hens quite like it. A lot of my hens don't like being held, but they'll lay down next to me and let me clean their faces when I am in the yard. I often take short naps...

Hello, I have an odd situation. I have 4 barnevelder hens that just turned a year old. All are happy and laying, and are allowed to free range a couple hours daily. They get along rather well, despite the normal mild peck towards each other here and there. Before their first molt, only 2 of...

We want to give our Nextdoor neighbor some hens. They live a bit away but can hear our roosters. We only have wire fencing and they plan to free range. Is there a risk of the chickens trying to come back home?

So I have two roosters (one 2 years old and the other about 8 months old). I’ve noticed a strange behavior out of them and thought at first it was just a weird thing my older boy did, until his son started to do it. Right after I change out the bedding in the coops both of the boys (from what it...