behavior

Hello! This is a first time occurrence with this particular chicken, so I’m not overtly concerned, but I am curious. My pullets (13 weeks, bantams Serama/cochins) occasionally go bed with empty crops. It varies on who it is, but it just seems odd. They act normal and eat/drink. We’re having...

Anyone notice certain breeds are really smart, while others are well... would be better off if they were a flower and could not move? I have noticed this more with Easter Eggs/Green eggers. IS it normal for them to be suicidal/kill themselves? I have raised wydottes, barred rock, polish...

i got this hen a couple years ago so she’s 2 or 3 years old. it looks like she never lost her baby tooth (i think that’s what it’s called? a small hook on the tip of her beak) i looked it up and it said it was fine so i left her since she was too skittish even if i was supposed to trim it or...

Hello! I have a mother hen (Cochin bantam, first time mom) who hatched 3 chicks (they are 4 weeks old now). They were separated from the flock for the first week and then gradually introduced back with little field trips, except they slept separately. Yesterday was the first day I had mama...

I'm wondering if any more experienced duck folk could tell me what these guys are doing? This is a google drive link to the video (It wouldn't upload it here, sorry) [video link] From my perspective it seems like they're anxious and frantically looking in multiple directions back and forth...

I was wondering on if anyone has experience with blue australorp personalities. I adore black australorps but wasn't sure if the blues focused more on color than personality. I'd love to hear yalls opinion on blue australorp behavior.

I have 4 cockerels that range from 5-6 months of age (silkie, yokohama, cochin, and giant brahma) and not one of them has made more than a peep. I have kept them both with my hens and with only each other and they don't seem anywhere close to crowing. They are all very laid back and chill dudes...

Hi I have two 8 months drakes..one anacona and one Pekin the Pekin one is acting very aggressive for about a week now..He is constantly biting me when I try to change their water and food and he run after my sister very rapidly to bite her foot today..He was chasing her basically..He also bites...

I have a question about mixing a flock and also what to expect from a roo (or two). Currently, we have 2 Embden geese (f). We also have 2 mallard drakes and a Rouen female, which wasn't intentional or ideal. We are going to expand next year. Flock size, pen, and water pools/pond. 2 more geese...

My chicks are 5 days old today. Yesterday, I noticed a couple sleeping away from the heat plate but would eventually go in and out. Today when checking in on them on the camera I noticed they started sleeping on the opposite side of the brooder away from the heat plate in a big pile on top of...

Hi everyone, I would like to hear suggestions from anyone who has been successful in getting a rooster change from attacking a hen to accepting her. Behavior suggestions only please, not rehoming or culling. We have a good hen to rooster ratio and plenty of space, water and food - no issues...

6-ish week old chicks recently got a run, about a week and a half ago? They only just started going outside this week though! They are absolutely obsessed with the outside world, to the point where I never see them going inside. Not even as it gets dark out. I tried getting them in at 9pm...

Does anyone else's geese dig huge holes? I've seen mention of them sifting through mud for grit but this is in totally dry hard packed soil. My geese (all Chinese or hybrids) will all go to either the base of one specific tree or to a big hole they have just in the middle of a dirt patch and...

Hey y’all, I’m brand new to owning Muscovies and this site! I brought home five, two week old Muscovies, they seemed to have been raised by the momma and not hand raised. They’re very skittish and run all over the place like they’re scared to death when I do anything in their set up (clean...

Recently got a flock of 10 chickens and a rooster, a week has passed now I believe one of my hens have gone broody. She sits in the nest box all day, when I get close to her or open the nest box she runs away and clucks non stop until she goes back in. I’ve been told that broody hens are usually...

I’ve got seven chicks in the brooder this spring, mostly breeds I haven’t had before. My one Salmon Faverolle girl is so far very skittish and not a fan of being handled. She also tends to shriek a lot when the other chicks get rowdy. However—one really interesting thing I noticed last night...

My hen is acting strangely and this is a new behavior. She will back up out of nowhere or start backing up even more than the video shows, walking backward. She does it when no other chickens are around her. It’s new as of this past week. Any ideas? (For some reason the video won’t show up here)...

My girls love the patio but pooping on the couch is not good behavior. How to stop the girls from either using the patio - or pooping on it? Can i teach them to poop somewhere else?

I have taken in a 6 week old Easter egger. Her behavior is baffling me. She is constantly cheeping. The only time she stops is when I'm holding her. She always has her tail feathers down. She is always running under my two other chicks and hiding near or underneath them. They tolerate her...

I’m new to chicks I have a couple week old EE and a few day old brahmas. All of the chicks have been super healthy, checked for pasty butt daily or multiple times a day, energetic, comfortable temp (not huddled or in seperate corners) and eating/drinking. Today one of the brahmas Seems so tired...