hen behavior
3 stories filed under hen behavior on Alektorophobia. The newest of them: “My jungle-raised survivor hen is giving me the broody blues”, “Our hen's gone on strike: off to the vet with zero warning and zero wheezes”, and “When a hen skips breakfast, her egg might tell you why”. So, my jungle-raised survivor hen is giving me the broody blues, and honestly, I'm a little chicken to deal with it. Well, that's a cluck-tastic way to start a Tuesday. Chickens. Everything there is to know about chickens and the fear of them. The list below is every hen behavior story on Alektorophobia, newest first.
My jungle-raised survivor hen is giving me the broody blues
So, my jungle-raised survivor hen is giving me the broody blues, and honestly, I'm a little chicken to deal with it. This tough little mixed-breed, who beat Coryza and grew up without her mother, is now furious that I removed her from an empty nest. She's only six months old, free-ranging in the humid SE Asian jungle, and she's been laying unfertilized eggs like clockwork. I let her sit on that nest for four days with nothing under her, hoping she'd snap out of it. No such cluck. Now I'm wondering if I should have intervened sooner. Broodiness is no joke, especially with a hen this scrappy. It reminds me of that whole "Hobby Lobby's metal rooster" saga, sometimes fowl play is just confusing.
Our hen's gone on strike: off to the vet with zero warning and zero wheezes
Well, that's a cluck-tastic way to start a Tuesday. One of our feathered friends has decided to stage a full-on sit-in, refusing to move and offering zero warning wheezes. It's egg-citing in the worst way when a hen goes on strike without so much as a dramatic cough. The panic is real, and honestly, I'm right there with you. No signs of distress until this morning? That's fowl play of the highest order. You're doing the right thing by getting her to the vet, even if it feels like you're overreacting. Sometimes the quiet ones are the scariest. For anyone else spiraling over a sudden mystery, our related article on "New Chicken Owner Panic: Are Those Scaly Legs a Mite Mystery?
When a hen skips breakfast, her egg might tell you why
One of our hens laid this egg today, and honestly, it's a bit of a cluck-clue. She skipped breakfast this morning, which is totally not her style, and now we're staring at this unusually shaped shell. I'm pretty sure she's dealing with sour crop or some digestive drama, could the two be related? I've tried the yogurt trick and holding back food, but nothing's fixing it. For my fellow U.K. chicken keepers, what's your go-to remedy? This feels like a fowl puzzle, and I'd love some feathered-friend wisdom. If you've faced a similar mystery, our piece on *My rooster's head went upside down* might offer some extra digestive detective work.