Triangle Nostril
In the Brooder
- Aug 22, 2025
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What are some personality quirks in your flock?
I have one really sassy chicken. When she was still developing, we actually thought she was a rooster because of her big comb, size, and personality. She does not like being picked up, which became especially apparent when we had to move them from their brooder to their coop. She ran away the most, leading us to her picking her last for the transport. The entire transport she was angrily cheeping, and when we placed her down and offered treats as an apology she walked away with a side glance. All the other chickens happily accepted their treats when placed in their new environment, but she didn't even care.
Now that she's older, she seems to be the top of the pecking order. Occasionally, when they stay out too long and the automatic door closes, I have to pluck them off the top of their coop and put them on their roosts inside. I leave her for last, because she hates being picked up so much that if she sees the others being picked up, she'll just hop off herself and walk inside on her own; but not before making several briskly walked laps around the coop instead of going directly in, as if to say "I'm not going in because you want me to, I made the decision to go in myself."
Just the other night I had to place them inside again from staying out too late. As always, she was the last one and I didn't bother picking her up since she hopped off on her own. But this time, she stopped halfway into the door, took a massive bird poop on the entry ramp, and then continued strutting in.
We call her Chungus. She doesn't pick on the others or anything, but she's quite the diva.
I have one really sassy chicken. When she was still developing, we actually thought she was a rooster because of her big comb, size, and personality. She does not like being picked up, which became especially apparent when we had to move them from their brooder to their coop. She ran away the most, leading us to her picking her last for the transport. The entire transport she was angrily cheeping, and when we placed her down and offered treats as an apology she walked away with a side glance. All the other chickens happily accepted their treats when placed in their new environment, but she didn't even care.
Now that she's older, she seems to be the top of the pecking order. Occasionally, when they stay out too long and the automatic door closes, I have to pluck them off the top of their coop and put them on their roosts inside. I leave her for last, because she hates being picked up so much that if she sees the others being picked up, she'll just hop off herself and walk inside on her own; but not before making several briskly walked laps around the coop instead of going directly in, as if to say "I'm not going in because you want me to, I made the decision to go in myself."
Just the other night I had to place them inside again from staying out too late. As always, she was the last one and I didn't bother picking her up since she hopped off on her own. But this time, she stopped halfway into the door, took a massive bird poop on the entry ramp, and then continued strutting in.
We call her Chungus. She doesn't pick on the others or anything, but she's quite the diva.
