Weirdest Things Your Chickens Have Done

[FrostRanger]

I just went out to collect eggs thinking "it's 3:30pm, everyone should be done by now". I open the nest box and who was in there? Basil sounding like something straight out of Ark survival evolved lol. I sheepishly close the nest box with Basil making angry dinosaur noises and resolve to come back later lol

 

[Shetland lover]

Yesterday, there was such a commotion outside I had to go out to check on everyone. I found Clara, my tiniest bantam Cochin, shrieking because her sister, Pru, was laying an egg in the exact spot Clara wanted to use. Now, this is not unusual. But what made me laugh was the way she was haranguing Ferdy (my head roo and twice her size) over it. She kept getting in his face and screaming. When that didn't work, she started trying to push him into the nest box, presumably to help her remove Pru
Poor boy was just doing his "worried" muttering noise and looking at me like "what does she want? help!"

 

[Ponypoor]

So I used to love my rescued chickens, but now I’m convinced that they’re out to screw with me now. I’m getting two eggs a day which is great, don’t get me wrong. The issue is, I don’t know which ones are producing, if they’re rotating every other day or it’s the same ones. All I do think I’m certain of is that the one that is now always found sitting on them is more than likely not the one who’s laying them… Evidence you ask?… -_- One built nest not built by me, two eggs in said nest that was miraculously made overnight. One massive fluffy chicken sitting on top… Problem? The big chicken sitting on them is the only rooster out of the mini flock! Look, I don’t judge, you do you, but come on! They may both be his but I’m pretty darn sure neither one of them actually came out of him. I’ve been tempted to start picking up the girls and giving them a squeeze like in the old cartoons to see if an egg pops out or even giving them a bit of a shake to see if there’s one rattling around inside. Someone’s gotta tell me who’s doing what because by this point I’m starting to question everything.

Someone once told me to use some lipstick and mark the vent of the one you want to see who’s laying. The egg should have the lipstick colour staining it; also been told to use food colouring.

Oh and needless to say, dont use the lipstick yourself afterwards

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Slate thinks everything can be a nesting spot, even the weirdest places that I am sure no hen wants to be laying in. But anyway, this morning he would not shut up clucking for the hens. He was trying to tell them he found a potential nesting spot under this tarp. Summer, one of the Buff-Laced Polish hens, walked up to check it out, looked at Slate like he is weird, and walked away.

 

[alinas2010]

Slate thinks everything can be a nesting spot, even the weirdest places that I am sure no hen wants to be laying in. But anyway, this morning he would not shut up clucking for the hens. He was trying to tell them he found a potential nesting spot under this tarp. Summer, one of the Buff-Laced Polish hens, walked up to check it out, looked at Slate like he is weird, and walked away.
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He’s trying so hard. I don’t know whether to say awww or laugh. What a sweetheart.

 

[FrostRanger]

Slate thinks everything can be a nesting spot, even the weirdest places that I am sure no hen wants to be laying in. But anyway, this morning he would not shut up clucking for the hens. He was trying to tell them he found a potential nesting spot under this tarp. Summer, one of the Buff-Laced Polish hens, walked up to check it out, looked at Slate like he is weird, and walked away.
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He's very sweet but quite clueless of of what a hen wants in a nesting spot xD

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Not funny so much as sweet, but once I had a hen who had lived with a rabbit for a while. His jumping had shattered her nerves, so any sudden movement or noise had her running to me and hopping onto my shoulder because I saved her from the scary rabbit.

Oh, and this is funny, so my German shepherd loves to herd chickens while they are in the coop. I never let him out with them on purpose, but once he got out while the chickens were out and everything stopped. All four hens turned and stared. Nobody made a noise or moved, and the dog just stood there like, we'll, they're out. What now? Till he got called in and just ran back inside. So very anticlimactic!

 

[Logar]

My chicken star is good a making friends but enjoys trying to eat them just as they get comfortable. Here she is walking away all proud after pecking my poor little puppers in the eyeball. She also appeared to enjoy trying deer nose.

 

[ILoveDaffy]

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Fearless!

 

[FunnyBunny89]

I was out with my flock one late afternoon and Roger, my 1 year old roo, very randomly leaped forward into the air with his wings open and his feet out as if he was pouncing on something, but just landed on a young star thistle bush, then casually walked away like nothing happened. it was like he just had a moment where he had to show off his attack skills or something. It was quite impressive! Take that, ya damn thistle!