How Hardcore are your Chickens?

[PioneerChicks]

I've got hardcore chicks hatching in my incubator right now!I

I've spiked the humidity to 90% two or three times (once during lockdown) and yet only ten quit early and now about 17/32 have hatched with more on the way!

 

[PioneerChicks]

Not sure if this counts as hardcore, but my chickens crossed the road. Literally. The whole flock climbed the woodpile together and hid from the rain under the neighbor's trees. Apparently ours weren't good enough

 

[PioneerChicks]

I had a nasty little OEGB rooster who never ceased to attack when I turned my back, and once jumped up on the neck of a grown man! Though he was easily brushed off (he was smaller than an adult's shoe). In his life, he survived several nasty kicks but never lost his boldness.

 

[Chookchicken]

Not sure if this counts as hardcore, but my chickens crossed the road. Literally. The whole flock climbed the woodpile together and hid from the rain under the neighbor's trees. Apparently ours weren't good enough

Maybe your neighbours had styrofoam under their tree

 

[saracarver3]

Out ran and escaped a coyote attack with only a bunch of feathers pulled out and a few scratches. The turkey hen on the other hand didn’t out wit it.

 

[nuthatched]

We have crazy hen named lil’bit she’s a good pound or two smaller than the rest of the hens. Once all 3 of our roosters got in a fight and she came flying off the roost and stayed in the air for about 20 feet and dove in the middle of the fight to break it up. She went broody a few weeks ago and the roosters learned to run if they saw her coming because to would chase they out of the coop. She also tried to kill a hawk once. It missed its target and she came flying right at the hawk screaming. View attachment 2705896

Nobody messes with Mama!

 

[thehenandchick01234]

My 12 week chickens ate lizards and frogs last night

 

[BestLittleHenhouseInGV]

Hercules is pretty mellow with us but if you run past him he will give you the double kick!

 

[sillygrilla]

This little girl was Madeline. Her mama was a tiny little Dutch hen, daddy was a buff Orpington. So she was small. One spring I got 18 day old chicks and put 6 under her and two other broody girls. One of the other two abandoned her chicks after a couple days and the other kept picking hers up and flinging them out of the nest. So I gave them all to Madeline. They barely all fit under her with her wings spread out. She accepted and raised them all - didn’t lose a single one. She was kind of low in the pecking order and one of her eyes had been pecked out but a ferocious protector and the most badass mama hen I’ve ever had.

 

[sillygrilla]

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Hercules is pretty mellow with us but if you run past him he will give you the double kick!

Gorgeous boy!