Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

I am going to guess that the Buckeye pullets are afraid of what is between the eyes, not afraid of the eye itself!
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Sometimes it's just an eye.........

 

[BY Bob]

I am going to guess that the Buckeye pullets are afraid of what is between the eyes, not afraid of the eye itself!
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I just love that photo!

 

[TOMTE]

Breaking News: Local Wyandotte Magrat Garlick Caught Drinking Foot Water, Flees the Scene in Embarrassment

 

[featherhead007]

It does! Omg waiting is so hard for me. Patience is something I struggle hard with.

My 2 cents on the rooster question you asked. I think they see you as a threat somehow in their little chickeny hormone filled brains. It’s not unlike a broody hen will do. She is stuck to sitting on her eggs so she doesn’t run at you but they are very aggressive and so are almost all mama hens. If you respect that you’re fine, if you don’t she will attack you if you push too hard or do something she thinks endangers her chicks.

So they see their perceived threat (you) and then do what they would do if you were a fox or a dog and they charge and attack attempting to save their girls. Sometimes you can avoid this or abate it by respecting their role, feed them treats first. Give them space and walk slowly and carefully through the flock. If you need to pick up a hen I would do that at night if at all possible while they roosted. Sometimes, sadly nothing you do or don’t do will change this behavior. They have pegged you a threat and there is no convincing them otherwise. Idk why this happens just that it does. I think it rarer than it seems though. People talk about it when it does because it’s scary and they want help to get it to stop. But I have had multiple good roosters and only one unworkably bad one.

The other aggression I have witnessed is them trying to do the mating thing so they grab for your leg like they grab the hens neck. I don’t count this against them tbh, it’s misplaced of course but a natural instinct and they most likely will stop this as they grow up and mature.

Hopefully that helps, just my experience to add to others.

Patience is difficult for you? I have the answer to that problem,





Wait for it:








See problem solved!

 

[Ponypoor]

Wow that little white chick is a real huntress! She catches and eats all sorts of things!

And that little brown one blends into the ground - have to be careful I don’t step on her!

 

[RoyalChick]

Wow that little white chick is a real huntress! She catches and eats all sorts of things!
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And that little brown one blends into the ground - have to be careful I don’t step on her!

There are two white ones.