Are Chickens Cliquey?

[Southern28Chick]

Mine do the same thing....Birds of a feather, flock together!!!!

 

[Rooster01]

Quote:
Welcome class, I am Professor Wyandotte this is my associate Professor Leghorn. Welcome to Psychology of Poultry 101.
We will begin by studying Cliques in the Hen house.
Please read the first three chapters of Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens.
Also in your Stromburg workbook please read the first chapter on Why Jersey Giants and Rhode Island Reds Can't Get Along.
Some of the other topics we will cover this semester include:
a. Why the early bird gets the worm
b. The difference between scratch and scratch
c. The Pecking Order and How to find your rightful place in the flock.
d. Ruffling Feathers in the Flock
e. Colonel Sanders Reign of Terror

Have a good day and we will see you on Wednesday.

 

[domromer]

This is my first time raising chickens. Before now I would never believed that chickens could have so much personality and be so much fun! Now I can't imagine ever not having chickens!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Interesting topic. For the most part all my girls get along great. My buff orp has always been a loner / outsider. I don't know if that's her choice or theirs, but she's always off on her own.

Even when we get baby chicks, they grow up and while they tend to stay together with others raised at the same time, they join the flock just fine... and then there's Goldie off on her own.

 

[dixie chicken]

One of my silkie hens loves my new hampshires and she hangs out around their pen all day. She is mother of my guinea and they all free roam. Can't let the NH run free cause the are so much bigger than her and they want to mate but I am afraid they will hurt her. I have led her with treats to the other side of the yard where all the other silkies hang out but she runs from them and will have nothing to do with them. I have wondered if a cross bet silkie and NH is possible?