abnormal behavior
Alektorophobia keeps abnormal behavior in one place: 3 stories so far. The section currently leads with “Our Feathered Friend's New Tune Has Us All Clucking with Concern”, “Feathers for Breakfast: A Clucky Case of Chick-on-Chick Plucking”, and “Your Speckled Sussex Is Doing Something Weird: Is It Normal or Time to Panic”. Oh, the melodrama! Oh, the plot chickens! Chickens. Everything there is to know about chickens and the fear of them. The list below is every abnormal behavior story on Alektorophobia, newest first.
Our Feathered Friend's New Tune Has Us All Clucking with Concern
Oh, the melodrama! One of our feathered friends has apparently decided to trade in her cheerful clucks for what sounds like a tiny, feathered opera singer mid-crisis. She's sticking with the flock and eating just fine, so at least she's not staging a hunger strike. But that new moaning tune? It's enough to make even the bravest chicken keeper pause and wonder if they've accidentally adopted a ghost. Is she practicing for a role in a barnyard tragedy, or could this be something more serious? We've seen our share of fowl play around here, like when Fred and Sparrow took zoning out to a whole new cluck-tastic level, but this vocal shift has us genuinely puzzled. Any chicken whisperers out there have a theory?
Feathers for Breakfast: A Clucky Case of Chick-on-Chick Plucking
Oh, the plot chickens! Just when you think you've seen it all in the coop, a brand-new hen decides to pluck her own chicks' feathers and, wait for it, feed them back. It's like a bizarre breakfast buffet of betrayal. I've seen hens get a little weird after hatching, but this fowl play takes the cake. And now the other chicks are joining in? That's a full-on feather feast. If you're scratching your head over this, you're not alone. For a deeper dive into strange chicken behaviors, check out our article "Is your chicken's tongue flipped or just fowl play?", because sometimes their anatomy is just as puzzling as their parenting.
Your Speckled Sussex Is Doing Something Weird: Is It Normal or Time to Panic
Oh, a Speckled Sussex doing something *new*, that's the kind of egg-citing mystery that keeps us all on our toes, isn't it? You know your feathered friend better than anyone, so when she starts acting weird, your brain immediately jumps to panic mode. Is this just a quirky crop adjustment, or is something more sinister clucking under the surface? I've been there, staring at a hen and wondering if I'm overreacting or under-reacting. The good news is, you're not alone in this fowl play. It might be nothing, but it's always better to check. Speaking of strange chicken moments, our piece on a rooster's wheezing mid-molt explores similar déjà vu with gapeworm, worth a peek if you're feeling nervous.