Chicken Walking Backwards?

[Three Little Bunnies]

Hi!

I have a Buff Orpington hen who's probably about three years old. She is the friendliest of my current group (hand-me-down chickens). When she encounters something new, she will often back up from it like she's doing a little dance. I haven't seen any other chickens do this before, is it normal? Anything to be concerned about?

Thanks!

 

[azygous]

While chickens do have a reverse gear, they don't employ it very often. When they do, it's usually to quickly distance themselves from something they consider suspicious as your hen has been doing.

However, if she continues to do this often, it can be a sign of a mild form of wry neck which is neurological and can be corrected most often with vitamin E given in capsule form directly into her beak for a few days.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

While chickens do have a reverse gear, they don't employ it very often. When they do, it's usually to quickly distance themselves from something they consider suspicious as your hen has been doing.

However, if she continues to do this often, it can be a sign of a mild form of wry neck which is neurological and can be corrected most often with vitamin E given in capsule form directly into her beak for a few days.

Thanks!

 

[MIchickenlady]

Hi!

I have a Buff Orpington hen who's probably about three years old. She is the friendliest of my current group (hand-me-down chickens). When she encounters something new, she will often back up from it like she's doing a little dance. I haven't seen any other chickens do this before, is it normal? Anything to be concerned about?

Thanks!

I have a 4 y.o. easter egger hen who has walked backward shaking her head randomly since she was little. She is a great hen, good egg layer, sassy