Chicken scare!?

[SnowballTheChicken]

When i go to give my bantam buff Cochin hen some scritchies, she makes a distressed noise!? Maybe she thinks my hand is a scary hawk i dont want her to be scared!!

 

[Sara S]

When i go to give my bantam buff Cochin hen some scritchies, she makes a distressed noise!? Maybe she thinks my hand is a scary hawk i dont want her to be scared!!

My bantam Cochin does that too, she’s less than 2lbs. I think it’s just the size of humans that scares them, but idk how her brain works. Mine Loves to play “hand attack” where she chases my hand and then follows my fingers with her head her names fluffy

 

[SnowballTheChicken]

My bantam Cochin does that too, she’s less than 2lbs. I think it’s just the size of humans that scares them, but idk how her brain works. Mine Loves to play “hand attack” where she chases my hand and then follows my fingers with her head her names fluffyView attachment 2971698View attachment 2971699View attachment 2971700

I also have the same problem lol

she is the small chicken by the rooster

 

[Sara S]

I also have the same problem lol View attachment 2971708she is the small chicken by the rooster

OMG TWINSSS I have that with her baby too, I think it’s just sizing what’s her name?

 

[SnowballTheChicken]

OMG TWINSSS I have that with her baby too, I think it’s just sizing what’s her name?

I call her chic ( from the iconic duck and chick from friends) but her name is snowball abd her best friend is our pet duck lol

 

[cmom]

Some birds just don't like to be touched.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Try bringing your hand down and approaching from underneath her head, not from above. Chickens are programmed to be afraid of anything that approaches from above because it could well be a hawk.

 

[Sara S]

Try bringing your hand down and approaching from underneath her head, not from above. Chickens are programmed to be afraid of anything that approaches from above because it could well be a hawk.

my baby chicks hate that from above, they love under their chins scratched becuase they rather go into my hand than
me picking them up