Strange chick in yard

[jacilee]

For the last week or so there has been a very strange bird in with my chickens, it is a purple martin. It lets me get within inches of it before it flies away and then comes right back when I move away. It actually moves the large chicks out of its way and I thought it was going to go in with them to roost last night.

I wonder if it is young and landed in coop while trying to learn to fly and just bonded with my chickens, it has plenty of food and water so it just decided to hang around in a safe place.

Has anyone else had a wild bird try to integrate with your flock?

 

[centrarchid]

Show a picture of the bird. Description provided more consistent with one of the black bird species which have a color pattern similar to that of an adult male Purple Martin. Purple Martin would not be interested in foods you provide and chickens would not treat it well. Some black birds and even crows can be tougher.