Is this normal or does my hen just really "like" me?

YOUR Her Rooster

 

She is signifying her submission to you, saying you're her Rooster. And it is normal.

Only a few of my hens squat for me. And they don't do it all the time. When they do, I give a good skritch to the back of the neck down close to the "shoulders" just above the wings, another at the base of the tailfeathers, then a pat on the back, with a "Good girl!"

They always shake their feathers when they stand up and go about their business, exactly as if they'd just been mounted by a rooster.

I find it endearing, and consider it an honor.

 

oh goodness. My girls have started doing that, i thought they were being startled and thinking of flapping away. i just cooed over them. Huh.

 

Most of my girls squat for me. Not all the time though. Usually if it's getting dark and I go out to lock them up in their coop for the night and one of them is still out in the run, when I open the door to the run, she immediately squats. Almost like I scared her and that's a defense mechanism. Sometimes they'll do it in the morning too right after I let them out of the coop. I give them a good scratch and pat when they do squat, like gryeyes said. And mine usually shake their feathers after I pat them on the back, also like gryeyes said.

 

My girls must be little hussies cuz they will squat for just about anybody!

 

sometimes my Arlo gives his ''distress call' til I pick him up, then he cuddles against my shoulder & coos happily, closes his eyes, oh its adorable

 

Lily, our Americauna is our absolute favorite! My oldest daughter Sierra likes to play the "How low can you go?" game with her. She is by far the friendliest of our 4 girls. Whenever we go to pet/love on her....she'll croutch down low as she can to the ground, and them let us pet her. She produces the least eggs......but my girls love her the best!