Chicken oddities: what’s something you wish your chicken/chickens didn’t do?

[ShrekDawg]

I don’t have chickens anymore but I was just typing a post on another thread and reminiscing… hahahaha

Used to have a White Leghorn and a Delaware who would team up on me to DEMAND to be let out for free ranging time. Sometimes the Speckled Sussex would join them. The little trio of pals LOL anyways, they were VERY loud. Especially the Delaware. She loved hearing herself talk. Hahahaha

Speaking of loving to hear yourself talk… I used to have several roosters and cockerels at once, anywhere from 2-10 or so… they would have crowing battles from across the yard at each other!!!!!!!!!! I had one particular one though that LOVED hearing himself talk and would crow CONSTANTLY. He didn’t last long.

Also, I had two Easter Eggers. One in particular? OBNOXIOUS egg song. Worse than a rooster almost LOL she went on and on and on.

ALSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had several hens that learned how to just stand there and/or get under foot while WE dug for the worms and/or lifted the rocks for them. then I had my White Leghorn who was an excellent forager and extremely hard worker out foraging away, finding her own food (they had actual food too, not to worry), and laying HUGE white eggs every day LOL ungrateful slackers, I had.

And let’s not even forget when they would dust bathe and give me frights LOL

 

[kattabelly]

I had several hens that learned how to just stand there and/or get under foot while WE dug for the worms and/or lifted the rocks for them.

Oh yeah, the farm I stayed on a while back had a flock of Hylines that was fully free range and a few of them would always come over for the free buffet when I was digging or weeding or lifting plastic/membrane from covered veg beds. Some of them would be pretty vocal with their annoyance if I wasn't working fast enough!

They also used to like to sneak into the main farmhouse or my kitchen, mostly to steal the cats' food.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Oh yeah, the farm I stayed on a while back had a flock of Hylines that was fully free range and a few of them would always come over for the free buffet when I was digging or weeding or lifting plastic/membrane from covered veg beds. Some of them would be pretty vocal with their annoyance if I wasn't working fast enough!

Oh wow! That’s funny! Some of them are so hilarious and demanding LOL

 

[kattabelly]

Oh wow! That’s funny! Some of them are so hilarious and demanding LOL

They were also very particular about which species of slugs they would and wouldn't eat!

 

[ShrekDawg]

They were also very particular about which species of slugs they would and wouldn't eat!

Oh wow that’s interesting!!!!!

 

[BDutch]

I wish my hens would stop their coordinated ambush tactics on younger birds. One will stand at the entrance to the grow out coop so nobody goes in or out, while another posts at the back corner of the coop, and the third hen (Ms Stormy- top hen extraordinaire) slyly meanders over then BAM! chase. I swear, she was a military commander of some great war in another life.

I had similar problems with my juveniles at roost time. Even though they were hatched by a broody in the coop.
Finally (after 4/5 hatches) I decided to add another coop to the run. It solved all problems.

I wish I had bought this playhouse (conversion) a few years ago.

 

[Littlefoxhat]

I already posted but have just figured out which of my hens is CROWING....my Black Australorp has decided to try her hand at crowing and it's a terrible sound - somewhere between a car horn and a broken squeaky toy. I told her there's no roosters allowed but she seems to think its her job now... *eye roll*

 

[BDutch]

They also used to like to sneak into the main farmhouse or my kitchen, mostly to steal the cats' food.

My neighbours have a cat that sneaks into the run /coop to steal the chickens feed when the run /coop doors are open.

 

[kattabelly]

My neighbours have a cat that sneaks into the run /coop to steal the chickens feed when the run /coop doors are open.

Never known it happen that way round before!

One of the cats on that farm didn't even eat cat food. She'd turn up and demand a small handful of cat biscuits every couple of weeks, but the rest of the time she hunted all her meals herself.

 

[BDutch]

Never known it happen that way round before!

One of the cats on that farm didn't even eat cat food. She'd turn up and demand a small handful of cat biscuits every couple of weeks, but the rest of the time she hunted all her meals herself.

This neighbour cat doesn’t hunt at all. Maybe she prefers vegetarian food.