Chicken growling??

[Three Little Bunnies]

Hi! Whenever I open this nest box, if a particular chicken (Ruby) is in it, she growls and puffs up her feathers. I do not know why, none of the other chickens do this. She is not broody, she only goes in the box to lay her eggs. Is this normal? If needed, I can post a video of her doing this.

 

[KOdin]

Hi! Whenever I open this nest box, if a particular chicken (Ruby) is in it, she growls and puffs up her feathers. I do not know why, none of the other chickens do this. She is not broody, she only goes in the box to lay her eggs. Is this normal? If needed, I can post a video of her doing this.

My mean ones do it too

 

[sealer39]

Some chickens don’t like to be disturbed on the nest. Some of my birds growl at me but they are all nice about it. I had an Orpington once that would try to take your hand off if you reached under her for an egg. Mostly I try to leave them alone when they are on the nest and come back later for eggs.

 

[PugAndChickMomma]

My meanest chicken does this too. She never likes us, but gets down right angry when she's in the box. Puffs up like crazy and growls.

 

[Peppercorngal]

Some hens want to be left alone on the nest. I have some that squawk and ruffle feathers when I go into the coop and others that don't care. Each chicken is different. I'd just leave her alone so you get a nice egg from her!

 

[Chickassan]

One here always growls haven't heard a cluck, buck or bugawk in her three years of being a hen just grrrrr,brrrr,grwoooll.
Iv'e concluded she's a hotrod model.

 

[Relleoms]

My 2 sweetest girls turn into ferocious little dinosaurs when they are laying! They won’t peck or anything, but they most definitely want to be left alone. Ironically, my least friendly chickens will actually let me collect eggs from under them while they’re on the nest.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

My meanest chicken does this too. She never likes us, but gets down right angry when she's in the box. Puffs up like crazy and growls.

This chicken actually isn't mean! She only does this when laying eggs, the rest of the time she is super sweet!

 

[bhawk-23]

One here always growls haven't heard a cluck, buck or bugawk in her three years of being a hen just grrrrr,brrrr,grwoooll.
Iv'e concluded she's a hotrod model.

We have one that only growls, never clucks! She's not mean and is becoming more and more social now that she's laying. But I still have yet to hear any other sound than a growl. What gives??

 

[Coops Dad]

My Wheaten Marans hens growl and bite (as in grab, twist and try to ragdoll a piece of hand off me) when they're on the nest and it doesn't matter if they've laid yet or are sitting on an empty nest.