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    Chickens and push bikes

    My chickens have just gone mental when I brought my push bike out of the shed for the first time this year. Seemed very agitated by it. All I did was rest it against the wall opposite the run. They were clucking loudly, running around, getting very flighty. They have seen the bike before last summer so it's nothing new and they were in their run at the time, they calmed down when I put the bike out of view. They have seen odd objects before cement mixers, ladders all sorts but seemed very stressed out with the bike, why would this be? :-/


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    Do your poultry have access to a TV? If so they are probably as fed up to the hens teeth with the tour de France as I am.
    Last edited by Bill HH; 15-04-2014, 09:37 PM.
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      Originally posted by ChrisMath88 View Post
      My chickens have just gone mental ...why would this be?
      Hens are a prey species, so they're programmed to be afraid of anything "new" that appears in their habitat. Get them used to the bike by degrees. Keep it say 20ft away the first day, then 15, then 10 etc.

      Parrots are the same, prob. even worse. My Grey is petrified of the new hoover, she screams blue murder when I pick it up, even though it's sat next to her cage for the past week
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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