chicken behavior

Hi! I need a bit of advice. I work at a farm and we raise around 200 hens for eggs. We've raised them for over 8 years and never had this problem before. The problem is they aren't going into the back half of the coop at night, which is causing a traffic jam in the door. The hens outside will...

There is a specific chicken in my flock that absolutely hates being touched and or carried. Whenever I try to touch him he just makes this noises and runs away. I dont understand what is provoking this because even though he does this he still takes food from my hand and is comfortable around...

Hi all, I have a young buff orp cockerel and am thinking about keeping him since we don’t have any other roosters. I know that buff orps are usually described as very sweet chickens and was wondering if that held true for the roosters? I know that every rooster is different, but just wanted to...

We have 5 hens (2 California Whites, 2 Heritage Barred Rocks & 1 Columbian Wyandotte) that are 1 year old. We recently adopted 2 hens (1 Buff Orpington & 1 Black Laced Wyandotte) that are 10 months old. We did the look, but don’t touch deal for 10 days. Then we let them all free range together...

Wet chicken help How do I train my chickens to go into their coop when it rains? They hide under the trampoline instead of going in the coop every time. They don’t get completely drenched, but they do get wet. We live in Southwest Florida, we get very heavy rains during the spring and summer...

Hi! My broody hen just hatched 7 chicks 3 days ago. She’s ready to get out of the dog kennel we had her in. I’m worried about the other 5 adult hens hurting the chicks if I leave the door open for them?? I can let everyone free range to come & go as they please so would that help with deterring...

We brought our girls to our little beach cabin today. As we drove, I noticed that they, in their crates, were yawning and shaking their heads and making gulping motions. Five out of six did this. (That I saw). My first thought was ‘CARBON MONOXIDE’ or something silly like that. But I realized we...

Here’s the video. They used to be really quiet but since one of them started laying last weekend they’ve been making a lot of noise. I know there’s a sound they make after they lay but this is coming from more of them that aren’t laying and not just after the one lays. I just wanna make sure...

Recently I have been looking into elk behavior. I find it fascinating because they are so similar to chickens! There are a couple things I am wondering about though. Maybe somebody can answer them, or maybe these are the kinds of questions no one knows the answers to. A...er...short comparison...

Hi so I recently just got three chickens. All doing great. All getting on lovely. Their friendly towards me and love a fuss which is fab! I introduced two chickens yesterday from my sisters (they were originally my mums but my sister has had them for over a year as mum had to move) and I’ve...

I’ve recently posted a thread where one of my chicks that was born in June had a wound on her head after being pecked at. She is getting me better now, but We weren’t sure who did it. After observing them for a bit, I noticed that the mother of the chicks was pecking at the other chicks a bit...

Hello! I attacked a photo of our Brahma rooster and I have absolutely no idea why he’s sitting upright like this! Please let me know if this is a health issue we need to address or some kind of strange behavior. Thanks in advance :))

Hi! I am new to raising hens so forgive me for my novice question. I have three hens that I've raised since they were pullets. My Barred Rock is definitely the boss. The problem is, whenever I walk over to the coop (where they all can see me), she squawks SO VERY LOUDLY. And she doesn't...

Ok so I figure since everyone I know always wants stories on my birds I might as well start a thread here where all ye chicken lovers reside! This will be about all my birds from ducks, chickens and pigeons, to small notes and interactions with my other animals. Dogs, goats, cats etc. Along with...

Last week one of my hens (Suzy Q) was looking poorly. She was about halfway through her molt when it seemed she was having a relapse. Shivering with the early unusual cold temperatures, I scooped her up and brought her inside my house. I kept her inside for 5 days and made sure she was eating...

I have three chickens - two Isa browns and one leghorn. I sleep right next to my chickens so when I'm still sleeping peacefully the chickens have woken up and are squawking constantly, and I live in a close suburban street. They will not stop squawking unless they are given veggies that they...

Two of my hens have recently taken up snacking on my husky's fur clumps laying around the yard. I imagine this could cause some impaction, so I've chased them off the one or two times they've snacked. The hens haven't done it since, but I'd like to know if anyone has had this problem before...

I have a flock of 40 hens, in a huge coop (160 sq feet, 16 nesting boxes and more than enough roosts for all and their friends) with outside run and they free range. These girls have been together in this coop for 2.5 months. Lately I have a huge picking problem, causing bleeding and injury to...

I took a “family” of 1 chick and 4 guinea keets, as well as the hen momma raising them. They had been with an Amish boy who let them all run around together in a barn. Rough guess is they are all now about 4 weeks old (minus Mom of course). She takes beautiful care of them and they all seem...