strange behavior

  1. CannedMonster

    6 Day Old Chick Biting It’s Own Foot

    Hey guys. I have a 6 day old NN chick being raised by a broody bantam in my garage. There’s only one chick. They’re in a rabbit hutch with pine shavings for bedding and chick starter and water. Occasionally I’ve noticed the baby will start frantically chirping and jumping around while...
  2. Trimini

    What's got my boy spooked?

    Hello. I live in a rural part of Chile on a small farm by a river. I have a pet peacock named Kevin, whom I raised from a peep, upgrading his enclosures as he grew. He is now two and a half years old and he lives in a spacious aviary with a built-in hen house on one end and a secret grass garden...
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  3. sagehound

    My hen is acting like a rooster?!

    I have 17 hens and they are 18 weeks old. The head hen has been crowing like a rooster since she was 14 weeks old. Today when I went out to feed she was mounting another hen. I had read that sometimes in a backyard flock without a rooster the lead hen will sometimes take on the characteristics...
  4. ChickenGeek_101

    Strange behavior.

    So yesterday my flock was just fine everything was normal, until they went to roost. Well instead of going to their coop like they ALWAYS do, they went to a tree. This is not normal. My families dog (buster) was alerted more then normal, he was barking almost all night. Could this be because of...
  5. Cayuga momma

    Sex Change in Chickens?

    This is right out of The Chicken Health Handbook, by Gail Damerow (2nd Edition) Pg. 95 'Spontaneous sex change is a phenomenon whereby a hen develops the characteristics of a cock. When a hen's left ovary atrophies, the latent reproductive organ on the right side may develop into a combination...
  6. Pumpkin the rooster

    Chicken-like screaming at night??

    About an hour ago, I could hear like a scream from one of my bantams, it sounded like my hen, but the more I thought about it, it actually sounded like the bantam roo I go outside to investigate, but the chickens are 100% undisturbed, no reaction, all were on their roost I later check the...
  7. destinyslanding

    Chicken in mourning or what?

    Hi- thanks for this group. I had 2 chickens but lost one 3 weeks ago. I have 1 RR left. I know chickens don't like change, but she will not leave the coop. Just stays up in the rafters for most of the day. I am new to chickens so I thought she was mourning the death. She won't come down to...
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