I'm thrilled the lady that started this thread got farted on, this is something has has always blown my mind " pun intended if you're nasty lol".
All the chicks that have ducked and covered here have gotten to the point where im pretty much just sitting with popcorn waiting for each new batches first poor man's stomp concert.
Iv'e mixed breeds, hatched eggs, bought chicks, just all sorts of starts into being my chickens and waited every single time.
And iv'e never been dissapointed, not one solitary time.
Im three years old ok, yes this is fun for me it has farts and chicks so its never gonna get old.
But the whole certainty of the exact same reaction, from the exact same "stimulus" from hatch into adulthood is just so absurdly random.
Life or death freeze, melt into the ground, when they're very young they whistle.
A reaction saved for things that really warrant all that...and farts.
What the heck? I'm clearly not mad at it, but the reasoning why this trigger is here and right out of the flippin shell ready....super odd.