- Mar 12, 2017
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I lost both of my roosters in what we believe was a raccoon attack a couple of weeks ago. My hens, who are all about a year old, have never not had a rooster around. Today, I noticed one of my Cochin hens making the sound the boys make when they call the girls for food and she kept pecking at the ground like they do. Is this normal for her to take on male behaviors or do some hens do this? I’ve never seen a hen do it in seven plus years of having chickens, so it shocked me. Another far less dominant one finally came over and tried to eat what she was pecking at, and she pecked her hard on top of the head.