Why is my chicken crouching when i come?

[tiho_prskalo]

Hi, whenever i come next day and i come so near to my chickens, they crouch. And yes we don't have rooster. I just wonder why.

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

They do it all through their lives. They are preparing for a rooster, because you are over them and taller than them

 

[rascal66]

I think its a natural behavior for them. Could be because they see you as the dominant or a rooster, and they simply crouch for you. Even before we had roosters, they would do this to us all the time. Just how it is!

 

[feather13]

How old are your chickens? Ours always start to crouch and kind of do a little dance when they are getting ready to lay eggs, even when we don't have a rooster. You might also notice that their combs get a darker red. Like the other posters said, they do this all their lives, even when they're 3+ years old. My daughters and I have all sorts of jokes about this behavior LOL, but it definitely makes catching and/or petting your chickens easier.

 

[tiho_prskalo]

They do it all through their lives. They are preparing for a rooster, because you are over them and taller than them

thanks, but i don't have rooster

 

[tiho_prskalo]

I think its a natural behavior for them. Could be because they see you as the dominant or a rooster, and they simply crouch for you. Even before we had roosters, they would do this to us all the time. Just how it is!

i taked the chicken and i up it and she makes some sounds like she is scaring (some chickens)

 

[tiho_prskalo]

How old are your chickens? Ours always start to crouch and kind of do a little dance when they are getting ready to lay eggs, even when we don't have a rooster. You might also notice that their combs get a darker red. Like the other posters said, they do this all their lives, even when they're 3+ years old. My daughters and I have all sorts of jokes about this behavior LOL, but it definitely makes catching and/or petting your chickens easier.

WOW REALLY? O:
I did not noticed it plus they run away from me and i catch them and i think they crouch in the air when i up them. Anyways, i did it many more times on different, even stayed in the near chickens then i up but they still run away from me. How i can pet like this?

 

[tiho_prskalo]

How old are your chickens? Ours always start to crouch and kind of do a little dance when they are getting ready to lay eggs, even when we don't have a rooster. You might also notice that their combs get a darker red. Like the other posters said, they do this all their lives, even when they're 3+ years old. My daughters and I have all sorts of jokes about this behavior LOL, but it definitely makes catching and/or petting your chickens easier.

I don't know how are old my chickens...

 

[Thunder344]

Hi, whenever i come next day and i come so near to my chickens, they crouch. And yes we don't have rooster. I just wonder why.

Since you don't have a rooster, the chickens take you as their 'rooster'
basically they have made you the leader.
I have not roosters currently and some of them will crouch for me.

 

[AprilsZoo]

I‘d be inclined to see it as submissive behavior, which in some sense is prompted by fear— but not necessarily scared-for-their-life fear— just the normal fear one animal has for their alpha... which is, rightfully, you. I think I’d crouch or kneel down beside her, then pick up the hen & give her some love, & let her loose again. I’d want to teach her that while I’m the alpha, she doesn’t need to be afraid.
Now I’m brand new to this... so maybe more experienced keepers will have different advice. In which case, we’ll both have learned something... which is probably the greatest thing about BYC.