Hen pecking me behind my back!

[artbykarenehaley]

Man what a pain, pun intended
I like to bring a half of an apple with me or something else large enough to distract my chickens. I have three meat birds that are constant biters.

Also don't wear polkadots around curious chickens I made that mistake recently. I needed to fill their water right before going to church - in a blue dress with white polkadots. Needless to say that they were ALL pecking me, hard.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Man what a pain, pun intended
I like to bring a half of an apple with me or something else large enough to distract my chickens. I have three meat birds that are constant biters.

Also don't wear polkadots around curious chickens I made that mistake recently. I needed to fill their water right before going to church - in a blue dress with white polkadots. Needless to say that they were ALL pecking me, hard.

Oh my gosh, yes about polka dots! I almost always wear polka dots or stripes (my kids say I dress like a Dr. Seuss character). Both patterns are chicken targets.

 

[artbykarenehaley]

Oh my gosh, yes about polka dots! I almost always wear polka dots or stripes (my kids say I dress like a Dr. Seuss character). Both patterns are chicken targets.

Hey, dots and stripes are fun to wear but it makes us look edible to the chickens, bless their little bird brains.
Even my jeans with the little white daisy print are a no go!

 

[3KillerBs]

Also don't wear polkadots around curious chickens I made that mistake recently. I needed to fill their water right before going to church - in a blue dress with white polkadots. Needless to say that they were ALL pecking me, hard.

That reminds me ...

If you have any freckles, moles, or age spots on your legs -- or less permanent lesions like fire ant bite scabs, etc. -- a chicken might peck at them.

My then 16yo was offended when a chicken took a peck at a fireant bite scab and I've had one take a small age spot off and leave me bleeding. The bird in question was terrified when I yelped and jumped.

 

[Fallenone05]

I had a hen sneak up on me and stretch her neck out to look at something on my leg. I got worried and looked at what she was looking at, thinking I had a scab or scratch on my leg.

Turns out she was going after a fly!! I didn't even feel it on my leg but boy did I get nervous seeing her eye me like she was.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

That reminds me ...

If you have any freckles, moles, or age spots on your legs -- or less permanent lesions like fire ant bite scabs, etc. -- a chicken might peck at them.

My then 16yo was offended when a chicken took a peck at a fireant bite scab and I've had one take a small age spot off and leave me bleeding. The bird in question was terrified when I yelped and jumped.

Nature's Dermatologists?

 

[SmiYa0126]

That reminds me ...

If you have any freckles, moles, or age spots on your legs -- or less permanent lesions like fire ant bite scabs, etc. -- a chicken might peck at them.

My then 16yo was offended when a chicken took a peck at a fireant bite scab and I've had one take a small age spot off and leave me bleeding. The bird in question was terrified when I yelped and jumped.

As someone with lots of moles I can attest to this

 

[artbykarenehaley]

O.p., do you wear something that has an interesting thing on the back, like a coat with a label? A favorite sweater with a pattern? Or does she do it anytime, regardless of your outfit that day?

 

[3KillerBs]

Nature's Dermatologists?

 

[artbykarenehaley]

As someone with lots of moles I can attest to this

Ooch, yeah I could imagine!