When did your peachicks start fanning?

[NicInNC]

My 3 week old peachick started running up to my Turkey poult fanning its tail feathers yesterday and it cracks me up!

 

[Midnightman14]

couple days old.

 

[KsKingBee]

For chicks, it is part of their defensive reaction to appear larger than they really are to intimidate a perceived threat or to be dominant.