squatting

  1. crunchygranola

    Odd hen behavior?

    I have a couple hens that, when I approach them, squat down, spread their wings slightly, and almost do a little dance with them stomping their feet. One of them is newly laying and the other just came of age. Is it fear or defensiveness?
  2. Winderdear

    First Egg Likely? Even in November?

    Hello all! My four girls are 22 weeks today received as day old chicks on 6/13. My Cuckoo Marans, Juillet, has become much more vocal this past week and is squatting when we go to pet her. She always crouched and tried to slink away, but now she sometimes just stands still and gets really flat...
  3. Cloverr39

    Pullet started squatting. When should i expect her to lay?

    This is my silkie/bantam brahma mix Oakley. She hatched on the April 23rd. I believe she should be around 23 or 24 weeks old. I was petting her today and she started squatting. I know that means she'll start laying soon, but how soon should I expect the first egg? A couple weeks? A month? More...
  4. Katakornchicks

    Help! Molting hen walking around in a crouched position.

    My hen is a roughly 1 1/2 year old australorp. She is in the middle of a seasonal hard molt. Today I noticed she is walking around strange; she's crouching with her body low to the ground and kinda stumble-crawling around. Her belly doesn't seem to be dragging the ground. And to be clear, this...
  5. D

    The Wait is agonizing!!

    I have 6 BO pullets at age 18 weeks. About three are scrawnier, with bright red waddles that have developed quite a bit, and do a squat when I pet them sometimes. The others are bigger pullets, and from my understanding, won’t be as good of egg layers. Any tips/prep, things I should be doing...
  6. Sycamore Hill Chicks

    How close do you think she is?

    My buff Orpington is 23 weeks and started squatting almost two weeks ago. Her sister laid a week after starting squatting. What's your guess on when she will lay? so excited! 😊
  7. C

    Help! Chicken emergency

    Looking for help and urgent advice I have a red, 1.5 year old chicken who is showing egg bound symptoms. Lethargic, won’t move, won’t eat, remains in swatting position. She’s recently stopped laying eggs after a fox got to our flock a few weeks ago, and hasn’t been laying. Now, after seeing her...
  8. WallyBirdie

    Terrified Chicken? What to do?

    I've seen scared or skittish chickens. Mine are not the sort. They see people, and they immediately run over because they expect food or treats, or some even want to be held! I have one chicken that was newly singled out among the flock. Had him close to a year without any incidents, but now, he...
  9. TopazMaster91

    Apparently I'm a very appealing "rooster"

    My Buff Orpington pullet (9mo old) was digging somewhere I'd rather her not dig, so I reached down to move her aside, and she FROZE- slightly put out wings- crouched low to the ground- and STUCK HER TAIL UP! She squatted for me! I stared at her for a few seconds, arm outstretched; she stared...
  10. solidsnake

    Ladies who pop the squat

    My chickens HATE being touched or grabbed, ever since they were babies, but they're oh so soft it felt so sad to leave those fluffy feathers alone. But suddenly yesterday my chicken squat when I came up to her and now I can pet her all I want! She's the cutest thing when she does it I feel like...
  11. imneva

    OMG she just squatted for the 1st time!!!

    Gloria has been getting ready! Getting RED wattels and comb! Now squatting in front of meeee!!! Yay!!! Hoping to be getting my 1st egg soon! She is an astralorp so no surprise she will be the 1st!
  12. Kbinkley679

    When will my Chicken start laying egg????

    You finally got chickens!! You’ve watched them grow from fluffy little chicks to beautiful large hens! One day you wake up and look at the calendar and realize....its time!!! Its time for my girls to start laying!! You’re so excited, you have been waiting for this day for months! You run...
  13. Allisonlovesnancy

    Why is my Chicken squatting?

    I have had my chicken for quite a few months now(she was previously owned for a few months and started laying weeks after we got her) and three months ago she started squatting at me and just recently another one of our hens starting squatting too, why are they doing this? How can I get our...
  14. Daiva

    My 8 month old hen stopped squatting and laying

    I have a Blue Andalusian who up until about a month ago was one of my best layers and now I haven't seen an egg from her in about a month. She has stopped squatting, actually most of the time she chirps like a chick instead of doing the big girl clucking, doesn't have much of an appetite, looks...
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