Stomping chick - what does it mean?

[JennsPeeps]

I've been a chicken 'farmer' for all of 2 weeks now. Our 3 2-week old pullets (RIR, Barred Rock, Black Star) are growing fast & all are healthy.

The Barred Plyouth Rock has a new behavior that makes me wonder what she's trying to communicate. When we let them out of the brooder to run around in the kitchen she'll stop all of a sudden and stomp in a quick rhythym for a couple of seconds. She'll do that a few times then stop. What does this mean?

Names, btw are hilarious but do not indicate their future use...
RIR - Nugget
Barred Rock - Dumpling (fits her personality well, too!)
Black Start - Gwenevyre

 

[sweetshoplady]

Don't know - but I'll give your question a bump.

 

[seminolewind]

I don't know, but my silkie roos do that to me all the time. Oh, and they do it to the bushes too, LOL

 

[lovethechickens]

Look up rooster dance on this forum, and see if that helps!

 

[ella]

Roosters will do that but a 2 week old chick? Never heard of one that young doing it.

 

[antiquebuff]

Could this be a Roo???? They do this and some start very young!

 

[chilling in muscadine]

I don't know what the stomping mean's but I like the name's. Year's ago when I got my first 2 chicken's while trying to name them my old man suggested "thanksgiving & christmas." LOL