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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Aug 31 2009 : 10:14:27 AM
i have rhode island reds... and every once and awhile if you're walking towards them, they'll crouch near the ground, put their head down, and kind of hunch their shoulders and wings... why do they do this?!
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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Sep 12 2009 : 1:41:46 PM
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| Annab |
Posted - Sep 12 2009 : 10:32:46 AM
And at the opposite end of the spectrum i'll occasionally get one of our little bantam roostes to dance in front of me.
That usually happens after I pick him up and coddle for a few minutes then put him back down |
| yasmine |
Posted - Sep 11 2009 : 1:07:16 PM
mine too. haha.
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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Sep 01 2009 : 05:56:28 AM
yes, i did notice they act more gentle when they do this, so we also pet them and they just sit there enjoying it, making soothing sounds (does anyone else find hens' sounds soothing? i think they should make one of those relaxation tapes with 'hen sounds' on it!!!) they seem alot more docile and curious about us now that the rooster is gone...
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- Guy Clark
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- Charles Dudley Warner |
| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Aug 31 2009 : 5:57:50 PM
Mine do this too. I heard it was because they view you as the dominant caretaker a job generally meant for the rooster. Its a sign of respect and submission. I give mine a ruffle of the featerhs and they love it.
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| Annab |
Posted - Aug 31 2009 : 5:02:31 PM
This is a breeding gesture.
It means they are receptive to a rooster's advances.
sometimes they do it when I go to pick them up.
When this happens, I talk sweetly, and rub them all over. It's funny when they dust themselves off like they would w/ a rooster. Sometimes they make a funny sound too. |
| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - Aug 31 2009 : 4:10:58 PM
They are hopeing that you and your hubby will scratch the itch, lol.
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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Aug 31 2009 : 2:37:39 PM
no, we offed the rooster a few weeks ago... hmmm, hormones huh? why do they do it when DH and i approach! ha ha!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
- Charles Dudley Warner |
| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - Aug 31 2009 : 1:28:49 PM
do you have a rooster? I have had hens without a rooster who did that, and I was told by several chicken experts that its "hormones", if you know what I mean, lol.
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