Devil pants! And Satan shoes!

[21hens-incharge]

Mine care very much what I wear out there.

Jeans, old black worn out tennis shoes no hat.

Winter, jeans, black boots, light colored hat similar to my hair color and light tan coat.


Shorts, dark winter coat, dark hat, sloggers or carrying the red scoop instead of the yellow all result in panic.

 

[Katanahamon]

Mine don't care what I wear, although they love to peck at fuzzy things more, and had serious issues with winter coats. (I had to send 3 back because the chickens wouldn't come near me.) But I've always worn different clothes around them, and interacted with them a LOT since they were day-olds.

I had these 15 in my living room (yeah..might rethink that if there’s a next time..) for 5 weeks or so..I interacted with them as much as a disabled, stay at home chicken poppa possibly could! Strawberry chard kabobs, black soldier fly larvae, scrambled egg treats..pampered gals for sure!

 

[rosemarythyme]

I'm constantly changing what I'm wearing out there - different colored shirts and pants, jackets, hats, accessories, etc - so for my flock it's normal to see me with different "feathers" on a regular basis.

If you keep mixing it up they'll eventually get over it, then even if you're dressed like a clown they won't care at all!

 

[Boise-girls]

Mine don't care what I wear, although they love to peck at fuzzy things more, and had serious issues with winter coats. (I had to send 3 back because the chickens wouldn't come near me.) But I've always worn different clothes around them, and interacted with them a LOT since they were day-olds.

I don't think I've worn a coat or sweater around mine yet. Will be interesting to see how they react when cold weather comes - which can't be soon enough!

 

[50-45-1]

They are smarter than we think.
At my local pet store i noticed that Dave (the owner and guy that feeds them) always wears blue jens and plaid shirt. The fish tanks on the walls go from ancle level to 6 ft up. When Dave walks by ALL the fish croud the front of the tank and follow Dave as far as they can. When i pass, or look they all scatter to the back of the aquarims.
Who would have thought!
Fish recognize you!

 

[3KillerBs]

That is very odd. I have worn everything from heavily patterned leggings to boxer briefs to plaid around my birds (chicken, guinea, quail) and all manner of foot ware and the most interest they have shown is to sometimes curiously peck at colorful shoes. Are you quite sure there were no other variables?

I'm constantly changing what I'm wearing out there - different colored shirts and pants, jackets, hats, accessories, etc - so for my flock it's normal to see me with different "feathers" on a regular basis.

If you keep mixing it up they'll eventually get over it, then even if you're dressed like a clown they won't care at all!

Having read about chickens reacting badly when a new outfit suddenly shows up, I deliberately wore different clothes -- from boring khaki shorts to bright, flowered skirts -- at different times in order to acclimate them to my wardrobe.

The only constant is my knee-high, black muck boots, which are likely to last for many years and then be replaced with something similar because sturdy, practical, men's boots fit my feet better and suit my needs better than cute, colorful boots that aren't so sturdy.

(Yes, you will see me out there in a colorful skirt and my muck boots).

 

[Tre3hugger]

On the weirdest of nights...me too.

(Yes, you will see me out there in a colorful skirt and my muck boots).

 

[RubelliteRose]

Mine are just over a year old and don't pay attention to anything we wear except for my daughter's pink and brown plaid pants and my husband's green and black plaid shirt. Those will throw the whole group into a panic. They both wear other plaid patterns without an issue
I also have an outfit that I wore to work once that terrified them, but I looked in the mirror and realized that my khaki skirt, off white top and long rust sweater made me look like a giant hawk so I don't count that

 

[HiEverybirdy]

That's so funny. Ours are fine with different outfits, but I brought a book instead of my phone to sit with them at supper last night, and they were slightly taken aback. Probably alarmed me more than them, as it dawned that they rarely see me with a book these days – I really need to get back to books!

 

[rosemarythyme]

The only constant is my knee-high, black muck boots, which are likely to last for many years and then be replaced with something similar because sturdy, practical, men's boots fit my feet better and suit my needs better than cute, colorful boots that aren't so sturdy.

(Yes, you will see me out there in a colorful skirt and my muck boots).

I even have 3 pairs of muck boots so my "feet" change color too.

Probably the most my chickens were alarmed was when I walked in with a shower cap, goggles, face mask, and baggy men's clothing destined for the trash, to spray down the coop for mites. I ended up deciding that type of outfit was good for coop cleanouts too, but they were only upset the first time.