dipper Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 well i think its odd ! after laying two of them put a twig on their back !!! I have never seen this myself but husband sweras its true whats that all about then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Daft chicken nesting behaviour I think, some of mine do it too with hemcore from the nestbox.....mad as hatters the lot of them Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 They are nesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 My Henrietta does this too, the others don't so much. She comes out of the nestbox and flings bits of Auboise, or leaves or twigs, on her back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbey Road Girl Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 One of the greatest things about keeping chickens is that they are both very clever/smart and very daft! With brains that can be no larger than a petit pois (small pea brain) they can run rings round us in begging, mewling and other forms of sophisticated emotional warfare. They are also extremely funny and engaging. Having given birth to a mere three children in my lifetime, I would never have thought about tossing a placenta or any other form of celebration onto my back! (Not that I would have been in a condition to be able to do so!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The good lifers Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 ha ha ha!! I love it when chickens do this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 My two girls actually built a nest in the garden and only abandoned it when the cube arrived. It's made of twigs with some grass thrown in. It finally convinced me they were " birds"! Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
