What does a 'squat' look like

[Lady Nilstria]

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Funny, I call this particular action 'rocking' when my hens so this, because to me it appears like they're trying to make themselves harder to pick up, like a rock. :-D One of my hens does do the little tap dancy thing when she rocks though. She makes quite the dust cloud.

The 'I am in the process of laying an egg' is what I refer to as squatting, when they look really uncomfortable.

Never had a rooster for any length of time, (got rid of him pretty quick, he was an accident), so maybe my ladies are confoosled.

 

[LynneP]

You're welcome, Hecate.

My hens go crazy to be paid attention every day (all day) but you should see how they romance my husband! One of them, 'Redwing', is smitten.

Yes, that's a star in her eye.

 

[DowntownChickens]

This is the one thing I was really curious about! My girls started doing this right about when they started laying. They literally line up at my feet and squat and I scratch their backs and under their wings and they love it! They get up and shake it off and run away. This happens several times a day. I thought it looked like what they do when they are getting sexy time with thier man, and thought since my ladies have no man, that they were thinking I would mate them and then lay eggs...... It was kinda wierd at first but now, they do it so often, if I dont pet them they peck at me and get all mad like how dare I ignore them..... they are prissy queens....

So that is it huh? It is a sumbmission, approval, Cat-like thing?

Birds are weird....

 

[JennsPeeps]

It's a submission thing and a sign of approaching sexual maturity.

I've read that sometimes roosters will squat.

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

lol i remember the first time one of my hens did this, it was a Red Sexlink and i kept looking underneath her and checking her vent, thinking it was her trying to lay an egg.....then i thought she was egg bound or something lol....she kept doing it so i thought maybe she kept pushing and had an egg stuck in there that wouldnt come out lol....that is until i noticed a pattern...just when i would go to pet her or get too close lol