Can your roo do this?

[sandy_c]

okay so I accidentally flipped my sizzle frizzle bantum rooster Alberta (yes I know Alberta isn’t a boys name) on his back when he picked a big off my ankle and startled me. Here’s the odd part. He just stayed like that: it took 30 minutes and an intervention from me to get him to right himself. Odd? Check out the

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and GIF file. Unbelievable.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Sounds like you put him in a catatonic state similar to what happens to sharks and rays when they are flipped on their backs.

 

[sandy_c]

He didn’t quite look catatonic, or even like a ferret when scruffed? If you can click on the YouTube video link, it was actually pretty funny, he was making a racket but enjoying the attention...

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Cracking me up. 30 mins. ? LOL He is a beautiful nut case. He let off the warning sound when the bird Robin? came close showing he wasnt catatonic. I would have to make a guess that he was being submissive to you and had you walked away and left him he would of gotten up . Or did you ?

 

[sandy_c]

Cracking me up. 30 mins. ? LOL He is a beautiful nut case. He let off the warning sound when the bird Robin? came close showing he wasnt catatonic. I would have to make a guess that he was being submissive to you and had you walked away and left him he would of gotten up . Or did you ?

Tha

Cracking me up. 30 mins. ? LOL He is a beautiful nut case. He let off the warning sound when the bird Robin? came close showing he wasnt catatonic. I would have to make a guess that he was being submissive to you and had you walked away and left him he would of gotten up . Or did you ?

thanks I am glad you enjoyed the video!? I tried walking away, he stayed in his back, so tried brubing him with a treat, no luck... Alberta threw a bit of a fit when my husband walked outside, decided I was being absurd, and then went back inside. I had to pick him up and flip him back on his feet. He seems fine...

 

[microchick]

Too funny. Reminds me of the 'chicken hypnotism' trick my dad showed me when I was little. He took a chicken, pinned it's head to the ground on a concrete slab and quickly took a stick of chalk and drew a straight line on the concrete starting at the chicken's beak, outward and about a foot long.

Silly chicken laid there and stared at the line until he picked it up and sent it on it's way. I tried it with a different chicken and sure enough it worked.

I think you just have a rooster who is a real character and definitely a keeper.

 

[drumstick diva]

What a sweet rooster. Think he would have recovered quickly if you weren't around. He probably thought you were still angry with him, and hollering at him.

 

[4 ever Orpington]

View attachment 1382892 View attachment 1382892 okay so I accidentally flipped my sizzle frizzle bantum rooster Alberta (yes I know Alberta isn’t a boys name) on his back when he picked a big off my ankle and startled me. Here’s the odd part. He just stayed like that: it took 30 minutes and an intervention from me to get him to right himself. Odd? Check out the View attachment 1382893 link

and GIF file. Unbelievable.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

just being submissive.. like a dog! So Cute!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

my birds do this! it looks like 1# he is enjoying laying there or 2# he is too fat to roll over!