Chicks will scare you to death sometimes.....

[chickenlickin8]

I thought to myself...OH NO! Then she lifted her head and looked at me

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

They enjoy it too

 

[allcrackedup]

this cracks me up they stretch their leg out as you reach for them to check..

 

[ralleia]

Sometimes my hens will scare me. They'll be stretched out in the chicken run like they're dead, and then when I hurry over to check them out they lift their heads and look at me like, "What?"

Mine like to sunbathe.

 

[Judy]

Why did you have to bother me? I was enjoying my sun/dust bath so much, too!

Yup, they can look dead, or like they have broken some bones. Part of the fun!

 

[chickenbarn-gal]

that happened to me once... I was scared to death!

 

[The Kibble Goddess]

This is happening to me all the time with these new chicks. It's especially worrisome as I have one chick that's not growing. She'll be on her back eyes closed, little feet curled and I'll panic. Then I get the cool, "What? Why are you bothering me during Chicken Spa (dustbaths)?"
Chick raising is not for the faint of heart.

 

[gryeyes]

I swear I even see the little Xs in their eyes, too, when they do that.

The only picture I have of a "double homicide" in the yard:

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Goodness, I fell off the couch

They are laid out so nicely.

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[zengrrl]

Just enough to get the blood flowing. Dead giveaway I'm a newbie. On the way to pick up by chicks from a farm we stopped at TSC. Looking at the bin full of cheeps I said "oh so cute, except for the dead one in the corner"... and then it stood up. Glad we got that out of the way!