My hen saved my husband from my rooster?

[schellie69]

My DH went out to turn the water on and my little Cochin bantam rooster Leon started flogging my DH ankles all of a sudden my BO hen Blondie came over and started to flog Leon (rooster) so Leon quit for a while my DH went back into turn the water off and Leon started flogging him again and once again Blondie came over and started flogging and pecking my rooster protecting my DH from Leon flogging him has anyone else heard of this kind of behavior before. Blondie does squat for both of us. So do she see my DH as the head "rooster"? I missed the whole thing and DH did not have a video camera to capture this on film, neither hen or rooster or DH have any wounds or where hurt badly in this whole thing. I just have never heard of a hen flogging a rooster to protect a human. Strange thing.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Yes, I have seen it. My welsummer rooster defended me against an attack from a younger cockeral that flogged me.

 

[stormylady]

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What a good girl!!!! Guess we know who wears the bloomers in that chicken family HUH!! LOL

 

[NewHopePoultry]

Such a good girl!

 

[flowerchicks]

My BR, Pebbles, protected me from my evil silkie roo for over a year.. she hated him. She would even go after him if he just got the "evil eye" towards me. Then, all of a sudden, she stopped, she wasn't afraid of him, she just didn't seem interested in stopping him. About a week later, I noticed, my other silkie roo, the NICE one, was taking over. He is now the top roo, my evil roo is at the bottom of the pecking order and Pebbles, is a happy hen. She also squats for me, will run up to me and follow me everywhere, and she is the only hen I have that I have NEVER seen ANY of my 3 roosters even attempt to get with. Chickens have an interesting little world

 

[drumstick diva]

I think Pebbles just prefers older men with well paying jobs - roos don't stand a chance with her.

 

[TeamChaos]

My daughter insisted that several of our hens were "protecting" her from a nasty roo (who is no longer with us, btw) and I thought it was kind of a sweet but imaginary notion until I saw it with my own eyes on several occasions. If the roo so much as looked twice at my daughter, several of our "top tier" ladies would beat the crap out of him and send him under the coop. Strange, but they did get extra snacks for providing security.

 

[schellie69]

Yea I have not seen Leon mate with Blondie, we thought she was a middle ranking female but now after really watching she is the top of the pecking order. My DH now has a favorite hen. I really love Blondie's attitude it seems mellow but I guess when she gets angry you know it.

Leon is in retraining school for the next couple of weeks. When they free range he runs the other way from the grand kids so I just think it is when they are in the pen he is full of himself. He is my only rooster so he is staying and hopefully he will settle down again.

 

[schellie69]

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How does your husky act with your chickens. My son got a husky for his birthday and she has Killed 2 of my hens since then we have kept the chickens locked up when she is out and when they are out she is locked in the house, we are working on training her but she does seem to have a high prey drive. We are doing basic obedience training with her and that seems to help until they start flapping then she is just to excited to listen.

 

[flowerchicks]

I am sorry about your chickens. My husky is atypical, I have been told. She definitely has a high prey drive, and has killed at least one squirrel. She went after my cat a couple weeks after being here. Until she met me, she was allowed to do whatever she wanted whenever she wanted, and cats were to be chased. When she attacked my precious princess Badger

I dragged her into the bathroom with my two cats and I made her sit there while they hissed and growled, and swatted at her, she wasn't allowed to move. She never touched the cat again, and they actually get along pretty good. When we got chickens, she was definitely interested, but she seems to get the "these are pets not food" concept. Within a couple weeks of watching her closely with the chickens, I could see her completely avoiding them. She is VERY quick to pick up what you want or don't want, from her. It has been more difficult with my cattle dog, because of her strong herding instinct and stubbornness. She wants to chase them, and thinks its a game, but she mostly does it to the roosters, probably because they engage her.

I never intentionally leave the dogs with the chickens, but occasionally one of the hens gets out of the run and is with the dogs for hours. The dogs are just used to having them around, and look forward to the "tasty treats" they leave behind