Tyranno-Chicken Rex
In the Brooder
- Dec 19, 2023
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So apparently the hen at the top of the pecking order is called the “head hen”?
Well a hen in my flock who I previously thought was the head hen is behaving strangely by sleeping in the doorway of the henhouse at night instead of on the roosts with the other chickens. I read this is normal if the chicken is at the bottom of the pecking order but I was sure she was the flock leader…
I did some research online and decided to watch my chickens behavior when I got home from school to see if the pecking order changed or something..? When I refilled their feeder I noticed that one of my chickens was eating first and after a few minutes she just kind of retired to the henhouse, but it didn’t seem like she was bossing around the others, per se, not like giving them a look or pushing them away when they came to eat; the only behavior I noticed was that she ate first and left quickly.
I’m pretty sure the chicken was Followup (kind of hard to tell because she looks so similar to another chicken).
Long story short, a chicken I thought was the head hen was sleeping in the doorway instead of on a roost inside; is this ever normal?
Well a hen in my flock who I previously thought was the head hen is behaving strangely by sleeping in the doorway of the henhouse at night instead of on the roosts with the other chickens. I read this is normal if the chicken is at the bottom of the pecking order but I was sure she was the flock leader…
I did some research online and decided to watch my chickens behavior when I got home from school to see if the pecking order changed or something..? When I refilled their feeder I noticed that one of my chickens was eating first and after a few minutes she just kind of retired to the henhouse, but it didn’t seem like she was bossing around the others, per se, not like giving them a look or pushing them away when they came to eat; the only behavior I noticed was that she ate first and left quickly.
I’m pretty sure the chicken was Followup (kind of hard to tell because she looks so similar to another chicken).
Long story short, a chicken I thought was the head hen was sleeping in the doorway instead of on a roost inside; is this ever normal?