I was doing some clean up in my yard today with the little brother and as we're picking up sticks and moving around I notice GLW roo, Curry, squawking and running around on the far side of his run with all his feathers flat and a terrified look to him. (note, this is the same GLW roo that was involved in this incident... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=460875 ) Anyway, I stopped and looked around, unable to see anything that should bother him so. And when I stopped moving he didn't calm much, just stopped squawking. So I picked up the wheelbarrow I was pushing and kept walking and the squawking kept up till I was out of his sight line. This repeated two or three time before I figured out that what had him so scared was the wheelbarrow. Every time he saw it he started running and squawking in terror. Mind you, my GLW hen spent the entire time looking at him like he was totally off his rocker from her comfy perch on the coop's edge.
So today I discovered I have a roo with an irrational fear of wheelbarrows. None of the other chickens even look at it twice but Curry goes into a terrified fit every time he sees it.
So today I discovered I have a roo with an irrational fear of wheelbarrows. None of the other chickens even look at it twice but Curry goes into a terrified fit every time he sees it.
