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[DobieLover]

Could she have been attacked by a predator?

No. It looks like a beat down.

Or is she beginning to cluck = getting broody?

Not remotely.

This is the hen that was being terrorized by the little d'Uccle cockerel before I sent him packing. He'd chase her down and force her to submit when he could catch her. If Fabio was close by, she bee-line to him and submit to him. He'd mount her, get off and she'd just stay frozen in the submission position for up to a minute while he would peck her to try to get her up.

I've seen Napoleon chase her on occasion too.
She's the Exchequer Leghorn.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and thanks for the coffee. I need it as a jump starter this morning.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Good morning and thanks for the coffee from CO as well.
We have a week of nice weather ahead with highs up to near 55F. I may get back to the firewood pile or perhaps get a horse out for a ride. So many things to do!
No gardening yet, lol!

 

[DobieLover]

get a horse out for a ride.

This is my vote!

 

[sourland]

get a horse out for a ride.

I'll second that idea.

 

[Sally PB]

Me three!

 

[LaFleche]

No. It looks like a beat down.

Not remotely.

This is the hen that was being terrorized by the little d'Uccle cockerel before I sent him packing. He'd chase her down and force her to submit when he could catch her. If Fabio was close by, she bee-line to him and submit to him. He'd mount her, get off and she'd just stay frozen in the submission position for up to a minute while he would peck her to try to get her up.

I've seen Napoleon chase her on occasion too.
She's the Exchequer Leghorn.
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Strange ideed. There must be something about her that invites the others to bully her.

 

[sourland]

Strange ideed. There must be something about her that invites the others to bully her.

Sometimes timidness and/or insecurity makes a bird (person too) the target of bullies.

 

[aart]

Sometimes timidness and/or insecurity makes a bird (person too) the target of bullies.

She be the 'Whipping Girl'.

 

[Shadrach]

You lot have got to be crazy. There is no way I would stand on a ladder and try and whack in a post with a sledgehammer.
Word up; post knocker.