Weirdest Things Your Chickens Have Done

[Poultry Showman]

My rooster jumped into my horses trough. Sprayed water everywhere when I tried to save it! GRRRR. Silly silkie roo.

 

[Shetland lover]

Does anybody else's roo do this? Ferdy and Stan (father and son) have a little fight through the bars of their respective overnight lodgings every morning before I let them loose for the day. It seems to work out any frustrations before they spend the rest of the day looking after the girls together. It's Ferdy's fighting style that makes me chuckle. When he faces off with Stan, he does a cute little twirl then a sort of Chuck Norris-esque roundhouse kick. Not once, but for the entirety of the sparring session. I've just never known a roo with such a peculiar, ineffective style.

 

[TOMTE]

I've just never known a roo with such a peculiar, ineffective style.

"Style" is the key word here

 

[Shetland lover]

"Style" is the key word here

Oh yes, he's definitely a lover not a fighter!

 

[Poultry Showman]

Yes, a couple of my roos do that. Not every morning though. But they will have a session every day. Staring each other down and circling every once and a while, and then it randomly ends.

 

[Shetland lover]

Yes, a couple of my roos do that. Not every morning though. But they will have a session every day. Staring each other down and circling every once and a while, and then it randomly ends.

Oh, I'm so relieved Ferdy isn't the only crazy chook in the coop!

My DH said the other week how silly it was turning his back on his opponent but I noticed yesterday Ferdy maintains eye contact with Stan even while pirouetting. It's quite extraordinary to watch, I swear his head is at a 180° to his body throughout the twirl.

They normally stop sparring when Ferdy gets bored and wanders off. Stan would go at it all day, just like his grandad.

 

[Poultry Showman]

Nope! Stan and Ferdy are definitely not the only ones!

 

[NanaThomas]

I've noticed hens that are ready to lay an egg or go broody will start throwing soft things onto their back like straw, pine shavings, leaves, etc.

Just noticed the same behavior from my Black Star! I assumed she was broody with the trilling and soft clucking while she was throwing shavings on her back. Glad I’m not the only one! Came here looking for this.

 

[SilverChic]

Dewy, my younger rooster, got in one of the new nesting boxes and was scratching around as if he were making himself a bed. I didn't even have these set up yet, just stacked there for a minute till I could get them into place. Silly bird, nesting boxes are for hens!

 

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

Dewy, my younger rooster, got in one of the new nesting boxes and was scratching around as if he were making himself a bed. I didn't even have these set up yet, just stacked there for a minute till I could get them into place. Silly bird, nesting boxes are for hens!

Seems like he's helping to make a nest for the ladies, what a good gentleman!