ajm200 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Our white chicken has taken to crouching down as she would for a cockerel then ‘jumping’ up off the ground before landing back on the same spot. She did it several times on the grass yesterday and and I thought she might be trying to catch some sort of insect but she did it more frequently today. It’s like the little ‘popcorn’ jumps rabbits do. Checked her over and can see nothing wrong. Is it just a funny five minutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 In my experience, white hens are eccentric. They seem to be very flighty, excitable and frankly, a bit mad! Must be in the genes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Our last white one, a hybrid, literally died of fright at around 40 weeks. We assume a fox was near by. She was always noisy and anxious. Was hoping this one would be calmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, ajm200 said: Our last white one, a hybrid, literally died of fright at around 40 weeks. We assume a fox was near by. She was always noisy and anxious. Was hoping this one would be calmer My white hen was hysterically nervous... couldn’t handle her, without her screaming. Had a neighbour pop his head over the fence, when I tried to catch her. The thought I was killing a cat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Don’t think I’ve ever seen or heard of that particular behaviour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Oh, I was rather fancying a white Pekin at some point. I have enough mad ones in my run as it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Worked out what she’s doing when she jumps. She’s trying to scare the magpies. She only does it when they are In the garden. She’s been braver today and run at them before doing her funny little jump. The others just run at them magpies with their wings out but she has to be a bit different. All three turn and run back to the cube if the magpies walk at them though. it’s like watching a little kid trying to be brave and stand up to s bigger bully before running back to mum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 23 minutes ago, Luvachicken said: Oh, I was rather fancying a white Pekin at some point. Don’t let my daft chickens put you off. I plan to get 3 more in the new run and one is likely to be white My daughter wanted Buff and Lavender and I wanted porcelain but settled for Colombian. Hoping the ones we couldn’t get will be old enough in our next visit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
