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Alektorophobia keeps face in one place: 3 stories so far. The section currently leads with “When Your Hen Looks 85 Overnight: Birdpox Might Be the Fowl Play”, “My hen's sunbathing pose gives me full-on fowl cardiac arrest”, and “This Rooster Takes His Egg-Sitting Duty a Little Too Seriously”. One minute your hen is fine, the next she looks like she aged fifty years overnight. There's a special kind of heart attack that only comes from glancing at your salmon faverolle mid-sunbathe, and Cricket is clearly out here trying to send me to an early grave. Chickens. Everything there is to know about chickens and the fear of them. The list below is every face story on Alektorophobia, newest first.
When Your Hen Looks 85 Overnight: Birdpox Might Be the Fowl Play
One minute your hen is fine, the next she looks like she aged fifty years overnight. That's exactly what happened to Dependent_Type4092's feathered friend, who went from lively to lethargic so fast it's downright egg-citing in the worst way. The tiny bloody rashes and mysterious black wart on her cheek point squarely at fowlpox, and honestly, that diagnosis is almost a relief compared to the scarier possibilities. Our community came through with solid advice, and now she's cozied up in a warm glasshouse, drinking like she just discovered water exists. It's a cluck-tastic reminder that sometimes the most alarming chicken emergencies have straightforward explanations.
My hen's sunbathing pose gives me full-on fowl cardiac arrest
There's a special kind of heart attack that only comes from glancing at your salmon faverolle mid-sunbathe, and Cricket is clearly out here trying to send me to an early grave. She sprawls out like she's auditioning for a crime scene chalk outline, all feathers and feet pointed skyward in a pose that screams "tragic molt" rather than "relaxing afternoon." I know she's fine, they all do this ridiculous limp-noodle impression when the sun hits just right, but my brain refuses to accept it. Every single time. It's the fowl play of a hen who knows exactly what she's doing.
This Rooster Takes His Egg-Sitting Duty a Little Too Seriously
There's a fine line between parenting and pure poultry chaos, and this proud papa is living right on it. He takes his job *very* seriously, but I can't decide what's better: him plopping down on those eggs while letting out a triumphant crow, or Peewee just staring straight at their faces like, "Uh, hello? Wake up, newbies." That little guy is literally checking on them, wondering why they're not up yet! It's the kind of dedication that's equal parts cluck-tastic and hilarious. We've covered similar feathered family drama in "Tiny Marans Froment chicks are cluck-tastic, and currently napping!" but this duo is proof that raising chicks is never a dull moment. Honestly, they've got the whole "fowl play" thing down to an art form.