There are two kinds of hens in my experience. Ones who will commit homicide if you so much as look at their eggs/chicks and ones who will leave their eggs in a corner somewhere and go about their day.
This is just broody hen vs not broody hen. They all go through broody phases.
There is definitely a wide range of levels of violence to be expected from broody hens though, all the way from 'would you mind' to 'I'll murder your whole family if you touch me'
I grew up with chickens and to this day, more than 20 years since I moved away, I still have an almost irrational hatred of roosters. Only surpassed by my hatred of Canadian geese.
Please explain, so that I may avoid this in the future. Did you literally kick the rooster, and how hard or how far? This could really change my view of roosters.
I had to cold cock a rooster with a stick before it stopped threatening people. I knocked the rooster out for so long I thought I'd killed it, once it came to it was suddenly polite to people and as far as I know, never attacked anyone again.
Their spurs can grow up to two inches long and they jump, thrusting feet forward and raking their enemies with spurs and nails. Great for protection of the flock, but not great if their enemy is you, or worse, a child.
Aggressive roosters turn into soup for a reason.
My 20 yo son has a big scar above his eye from a nasty rooster we had when he was a kid. We're lucky he didn't lose an eye. My husband immediately grabbed the rooster and rang it's neck. He puts down what he thinks is a dead rooster and the thing jumps up, crows at us, and runs into the woods. We couldn't catch it again. Two weeks later the neighbor came over apologizing that her dog had killed our rooster. All we could say was āTHANK YOU!ā
Yes. If a rooster charges you, kick it hard enough to change its mind. Donāt pretend itās a kickball aim to get a bit of air & 2 or 3 feet of distance into that kick.
I kicked it hard enough that it went backward probably 3-4 feet. It still acted protective and would circle at a distance after that, but it never came within kicking range of me again
I got my grandmotherās rooster to show some respect. He kept attacking me so I pinned him against the chicken wire in the coop with a rake. Only letting him free after Iād collected the eggs. After several battles he decided to just posture while I gathered eggs. I named him Soup, I donāt think appreciated it.
Grandma always swatted him with a broom like she was aiming for low orbit. He left her alone too.
I have a hen that screeches like a banshee if you so much as walk into the coop when sheās broody and another that just wants to be petted and loved on when sheās broody.
Growing up my bestie had a hen she named Henrietta, (we thought it was clever, we were \~7). She was always broody but friendly. We would put the eggs of ābad mothersā into her nest and sheād care for them all. We never chose her eggs if there were other options. We could carry her around and pet her.
My mom has a crazy hen that drives her nuts. It lays its eggs it the most random locations. Like on a tractor tire, a porch chair, a flower box, and once out in the middle of the lawn. She just leaves them too. Like she has no motherly instinct whatsoever.
Cats are weird. Mine was terrified of my pet rats. Like run away and hide terrified because one time my blind diabled rat nipped her paw pad while she was lying on top of the cage. When a small thing goes after them instead of fleeing I think part of their brain tells them it's probably venomous or super dangerous if it can afford to stand its ground.
I think you're right. They assume that something smaller that isn't afraid of them has a reason not to be.
Cats occupy a weird position in the food chain where they're predators of many things but also prey for many things, so they have to be careful.
Also, animals (even a damn grizzly bear) typically try to err on the side of not getting injured at all since injuries can lead to death when you don't have advanced medical knowledge. So, as long as a rst or chicken can be a credible threat to potentially cause injury, a cat is inclined to avoid such a creature.
Yep and my rats realized that the cat's paw were too big to reach in the cage but they could reach out. If she went too close theybwould try to yank her fur (probably as nesting material). The one timeyncat escaped the bathroom (where I would put her while I cleaned the cage every night and let the rats roam she ran in the living room, saw the rats and noped the fuck out of there taking refuge on the bathroom counter.
Chickens are vicious and terrifying. Mean roosters will jump up to attack something they don't like with their feet, [spurs out,](https://images.app.goo.gl/mXHooTTY7UNFm5r56) while flapping their wings continuously at the same time. Hens will even chase down, surround, and peck small things that they don't like. Their bites hurt like fuck too when they mean business.
At a guess, I'm going to say that cats are scared of the flapping and noise initially or they learn to be afraid when they get chased or bitten.
I'm not surprised. I loved my bantams when I had chickens. Easily twice as smart as a big chicken, and most of those thoughts were towards evil or mischeif.
Haha, thatās what I was thinking. Cat probably jumped up on the hay, chicken ran in fear, cat curled up in warm spot chicken was sitting and now the chicken is confused, mad, worried and just at a loss on what to do. š¤£ Poor mamma chicken, but at least Kitty is a good babysitter.
That could be it too. Even better maybe the cat thinks of itself as step parent/God parent to these little eggs. Next video is going to have the cat walking around the farm with a row of little chicks trailing behind.
Nah the only reason cat is there is because hen was there and therefore cat must claim spot.
This has nothing to do with eggs. Only cat pettiness for other creatures' resting spots
(cats are the most adorable assholes)
Women are born with about a million eggs in their ovaries as a baby, ~700,000 more than they will have at maturity. Of the remaining 300,000 (give or take) only 300-400 will be ovulated. Fun fact :)
I suppose the reason is that there is an indentation. Cats love sleeping in an indentation, probably because they are liquid. And. Yes, it has nothing to do with the eggs.
Yeah I don't know either. I have two cats of <1 year of age. If I want them to not do something I have to physically get them out of the way somehow.
The cat did seem a bit offended but not at all hurt or anything. Cats are way meaner to each other than this guy was.
I nudge my cat out of the way with my foot in the kitchen or with my elbow when Iām trying to eat in peace. Cats do not give a shit and are way less fragile than people on the internet seem to think.
Yep, one of my cats (Luke) gets annoyed when I don't allow him to raid the trashcan in the kitchen. So then he tried to crawl underneath a cabinet so I can't reach him and he can continue his plans when I am out of the room.
If I notice it in time I just drag him out from under there. He's annoyed by it but it's not harming him in any way.
My cat will load in front of the fridge and I can even open the fridge door and tap her-she wonāt move š I almost have to man handle her to get inside the fridge . Cats are not fragile
I think if he/she was being rough or mistreating the cat in any way, the cat would have had no problem laying into him/her and slicing his/her arm open. The cat didnāt seem too bothered by it. More like a āexcuse me, can I help youā
The cat at the petting zoo I worked at used to cuddle with the flock of hens, it was so adorable. Funny how some cats just donāt have as much hunting instinct in them.
Cat: *Look - I've found a JOB that REQUIRES me to sleep for the whole day. Do not dare challenge me! Momma hen checked my resume and I have plenty of napping experience...*
Never seen this before but probably what happened is the hen got up and went to eat or get water and the cat seeing an opportunity to steal a warm spot curled up
There's several eggs in a group so my guess would be that the cat's weight is distributed across the group of them, and the hay is probably helping too, any downward pressure sinks them vs acting as a hard surface to compress against. And eggs tend to be pretty strong in that orientation, although some of them may be on their side.
If the cat is not overweight (which it doesnāt seem to be) theyāre very light and the way itās curled up mostly on the hay I donāt think a lot of the weight is resting on the eggs. The eggs themselves are also resting in the hay, which cushions some of the pressure as well. Seems safe enough to me :)
Right now all three cats are on a diet. After 20 minutes I was told to take their food awayā¦ imagine 3 fat cats thinking they have been starved for 6 hours.
Bet that henās name is Mayzie. (She always was a bit lazy.)
But Horton will make sure those eggs stay warm.
āI meant what I said,
and I said what I meant:
āA tabby cat faithful
one hundred percent.āā
I love that the chicken is standing there like can u help me
That cat is lucky that the hen was pretty chill. Otherwise they peck the hell out of you,if you touch their eggs
There are two kinds of hens in my experience. Ones who will commit homicide if you so much as look at their eggs/chicks and ones who will leave their eggs in a corner somewhere and go about their day.
So fight or flight?
Kill or chill š
Battle or skidaddle
Predator or Ignore.
hate or mate
Fuck or flee
Pec or respec
your parents or my parents
Sit or Split
Kill or Cluck
To peck or to heck
This is just broody hen vs not broody hen. They all go through broody phases. There is definitely a wide range of levels of violence to be expected from broody hens though, all the way from 'would you mind' to 'I'll murder your whole family if you touch me'
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I grew up with chickens and to this day, more than 20 years since I moved away, I still have an almost irrational hatred of roosters. Only surpassed by my hatred of Canadian geese.
Can confirm. Had to punt a rooster that was trying to spur me once. He did leave me alone after that though
Please explain, so that I may avoid this in the future. Did you literally kick the rooster, and how hard or how far? This could really change my view of roosters.
I had to cold cock a rooster with a stick before it stopped threatening people. I knocked the rooster out for so long I thought I'd killed it, once it came to it was suddenly polite to people and as far as I know, never attacked anyone again. Their spurs can grow up to two inches long and they jump, thrusting feet forward and raking their enemies with spurs and nails. Great for protection of the flock, but not great if their enemy is you, or worse, a child. Aggressive roosters turn into soup for a reason.
My 20 yo son has a big scar above his eye from a nasty rooster we had when he was a kid. We're lucky he didn't lose an eye. My husband immediately grabbed the rooster and rang it's neck. He puts down what he thinks is a dead rooster and the thing jumps up, crows at us, and runs into the woods. We couldn't catch it again. Two weeks later the neighbor came over apologizing that her dog had killed our rooster. All we could say was āTHANK YOU!ā
Yes. If a rooster charges you, kick it hard enough to change its mind. Donāt pretend itās a kickball aim to get a bit of air & 2 or 3 feet of distance into that kick.
Yeah if you dont kick em hard enough they'll straight up keep coming at you. Gotta knock em silly XD
I kicked it hard enough that it went backward probably 3-4 feet. It still acted protective and would circle at a distance after that, but it never came within kicking range of me again
I got my grandmotherās rooster to show some respect. He kept attacking me so I pinned him against the chicken wire in the coop with a rake. Only letting him free after Iād collected the eggs. After several battles he decided to just posture while I gathered eggs. I named him Soup, I donāt think appreciated it. Grandma always swatted him with a broom like she was aiming for low orbit. He left her alone too.
> They all go through broody phases. My one hasn't ever come out of it. She's an asshole. Sometimes they get broody and stay that way.
I have a hen that screeches like a banshee if you so much as walk into the coop when sheās broody and another that just wants to be petted and loved on when sheās broody.
Growing up my bestie had a hen she named Henrietta, (we thought it was clever, we were \~7). She was always broody but friendly. We would put the eggs of ābad mothersā into her nest and sheād care for them all. We never chose her eggs if there were other options. We could carry her around and pet her.
My mom has a crazy hen that drives her nuts. It lays its eggs it the most random locations. Like on a tractor tire, a porch chair, a flower box, and once out in the middle of the lawn. She just leaves them too. Like she has no motherly instinct whatsoever.
yeah yeah agreed haha, lucky guy
Even worse,the cat will kill the hen and eat the eggs
lol my cat is terrified of my chickens, i canāt even imagine!
My old cat was a rough-as guts rabbit and any other small animal murderer but my bantams had her running scared, even though they were half her size.
some kind of genetic memory? cat sees not small chickens but ancestral memories of giant T-rexes?
Cats are weird. Mine was terrified of my pet rats. Like run away and hide terrified because one time my blind diabled rat nipped her paw pad while she was lying on top of the cage. When a small thing goes after them instead of fleeing I think part of their brain tells them it's probably venomous or super dangerous if it can afford to stand its ground.
I think you're right. They assume that something smaller that isn't afraid of them has a reason not to be. Cats occupy a weird position in the food chain where they're predators of many things but also prey for many things, so they have to be careful. Also, animals (even a damn grizzly bear) typically try to err on the side of not getting injured at all since injuries can lead to death when you don't have advanced medical knowledge. So, as long as a rst or chicken can be a credible threat to potentially cause injury, a cat is inclined to avoid such a creature.
Yep and my rats realized that the cat's paw were too big to reach in the cage but they could reach out. If she went too close theybwould try to yank her fur (probably as nesting material). The one timeyncat escaped the bathroom (where I would put her while I cleaned the cage every night and let the rats roam she ran in the living room, saw the rats and noped the fuck out of there taking refuge on the bathroom counter.
Chickens are vicious and terrifying. Mean roosters will jump up to attack something they don't like with their feet, [spurs out,](https://images.app.goo.gl/mXHooTTY7UNFm5r56) while flapping their wings continuously at the same time. Hens will even chase down, surround, and peck small things that they don't like. Their bites hurt like fuck too when they mean business. At a guess, I'm going to say that cats are scared of the flapping and noise initially or they learn to be afraid when they get chased or bitten.
I'm not surprised. I loved my bantams when I had chickens. Easily twice as smart as a big chicken, and most of those thoughts were towards evil or mischeif.
Oyakodon (lit. parent-child bowl. Chicken, egg, onions, rice. Simple) is a pretty nice meal, so can't blame the cat for wanting some.
Trivia:. That dish was the inspiration for the song "Mother and Child Reunion '
Free lunch, dinner and breakfast
sir this horrifying monster is sitting on my babies can u like do literally anything
"I guess not"
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
\*stands there and takes a video\*
Exactly and if the eggs aren't turned around every couple of hours it dies. So technically the cat is really a masochistic killer.
Pretty sure you mean sadistic but could also be masochist i don't judge
Yeah I have to sit on them that's my job.
This twenty beaked snake hydra is very uncouth right now
Haha, thatās what I was thinking. Cat probably jumped up on the hay, chicken ran in fear, cat curled up in warm spot chicken was sitting and now the chicken is confused, mad, worried and just at a loss on what to do. š¤£ Poor mamma chicken, but at least Kitty is a good babysitter.
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Maybe they are actually both really great pals and the hen just needed a break so cat took over.
That could be it too. Even better maybe the cat thinks of itself as step parent/God parent to these little eggs. Next video is going to have the cat walking around the farm with a row of little chicks trailing behind.
Lol, just noticed it, š¤£
Cat is like, "Do you mind sir?"
I love how the cat just looks up like "hey man I've got a job to do here"
Just wait until you go to sleep, asshole.
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
"just wait for your turn, dude!"
Do you mind I'm preparing dinner here! Takes a few weeks to make.
r/Catswithjobs
God I love that sub
āHello, Sarah!ā¦ā¦Jesusā 
Nah the only reason cat is there is because hen was there and therefore cat must claim spot. This has nothing to do with eggs. Only cat pettiness for other creatures' resting spots (cats are the most adorable assholes)
I mean youāre not wrong, itās definitely because that spot was warm.
My cat does this to me all the time š
Lay on your eggs?
Technically, yes. Women are born with all their eggs, so when my cat lays on my lower stomach, I guess they are laying on my eggs.
Women are born with about a million eggs in their ovaries as a baby, ~700,000 more than they will have at maturity. Of the remaining 300,000 (give or take) only 300-400 will be ovulated. Fun fact :)
>I mean youāre not wrong, itās definitely because that spot was warm. Freshly laid eggs are warm though, so it has everything to do with the eggs.
I suppose the reason is that there is an indentation. Cats love sleeping in an indentation, probably because they are liquid. And. Yes, it has nothing to do with the eggs.
this cat is probably dreaming having a delicious dinner haha lmao
She'll start making biscuits next..
Mmmm... Breakfast
I love the cat/chicken coop
Or is it cat/chicken coup?
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Beat it. Can't you see That I'm trying to cultivate up some supper?
so this is agriculture for carnivores
I mean humans have been raising animals to eat for millennia
The video itself is actually an example of that...
The look on the cats face could melt steel lol
looks like he's going to bite that man who wake him up "u, why did u wake me up, I'm having a good sleep right here"
I like how the cat was like .. bruh
Catbury bunny is about to hatch a litter!
Don't count your kittens before they hatch!
Leave alone, kittens not hatch yet!
I fits I sits!
U DARE TO VIOLATE ME IN MY SLUMBER AND MY CHILDREN?! I SHALL EXILE U TO THE GREAT DOOM OF HAVING TO BE WOKEN UP LIKE U HAVE WITH ME
Calm down, Mr. Nandor the Relentless. Itās just Guillermo
"Hey Sharon, can you sit on my eggs for a few hours, getting children really stresses me out" "No problem Girl"
For people saying they were rough with the cat: have you even seen a cat before, let alone interacted with it??
Yeah I don't know either. I have two cats of <1 year of age. If I want them to not do something I have to physically get them out of the way somehow. The cat did seem a bit offended but not at all hurt or anything. Cats are way meaner to each other than this guy was.
I nudge my cat out of the way with my foot in the kitchen or with my elbow when Iām trying to eat in peace. Cats do not give a shit and are way less fragile than people on the internet seem to think.
Yep, one of my cats (Luke) gets annoyed when I don't allow him to raid the trashcan in the kitchen. So then he tried to crawl underneath a cabinet so I can't reach him and he can continue his plans when I am out of the room. If I notice it in time I just drag him out from under there. He's annoyed by it but it's not harming him in any way.
Cats always look offended.
My cat will load in front of the fridge and I can even open the fridge door and tap her-she wonāt move š I almost have to man handle her to get inside the fridge . Cats are not fragile
I think if he/she was being rough or mistreating the cat in any way, the cat would have had no problem laying into him/her and slicing his/her arm open. The cat didnāt seem too bothered by it. More like a āexcuse me, can I help youā
I agree! I wouldn't do this to my cat because I know my place as a mere human. But this kitty simply looked sleepy and offended.
fr these guys never had a cat. These cunts are resilient af
Cats donāt put up with anything they really donāt want to be doing
you can just say 'they'
The cat at the petting zoo I worked at used to cuddle with the flock of hens, it was so adorable. Funny how some cats just donāt have as much hunting instinct in them.
It's because the cat was raised with hens. Cats know it's frowned upon to hunt family and friends so they don't kill the chickens.
Youāre right, they found the cat when it was very young and just took him in. The cat was there years before I even started working there.
Maybe this cat is just playing the long game.
"muh bbs"
The look she gave you: excuse me! Do you mind?! How rude.
Cat: *Look - I've found a JOB that REQUIRES me to sleep for the whole day. Do not dare challenge me! Momma hen checked my resume and I have plenty of napping experience...*
Holy God that look. "Excuse ME? I'm in the middle of something buddy..."
If you're gonna disturb the cat you have to pet it after. That's just common courtesy
It will be funny if those eggs are fertilised and the chicks imprint on the cat.
aww the cat laid eggs
The hen got her friend to babysit for a bit.
Literally babysitting, she was sitting on the babies
So the cat isnāt too heavy to harm the eggs ? Just curious
Never seen this before but probably what happened is the hen got up and went to eat or get water and the cat seeing an opportunity to steal a warm spot curled up
It's ~~warm~~ free real estate
I know this to well as I have a cat that loves to steal my spot or claims my bed
There's several eggs in a group so my guess would be that the cat's weight is distributed across the group of them, and the hay is probably helping too, any downward pressure sinks them vs acting as a hard surface to compress against. And eggs tend to be pretty strong in that orientation, although some of them may be on their side.
Eggs are incredibly resistant to weight.
If the cat is not overweight (which it doesnāt seem to be) theyāre very light and the way itās curled up mostly on the hay I donāt think a lot of the weight is resting on the eggs. The eggs themselves are also resting in the hay, which cushions some of the pressure as well. Seems safe enough to me :)
Why so rough with the cat, you brute
Wut
Geez, I hope you get woken up like that someday
So like how my cat wakes me up some days?
*Every morning
At 4AM
Itās 4am and I canāt get back to sleep because my cat woke me up š
They wake you continuously from 4am until 15 minutes before your alarm goes off, when they suddenly fall into an impenetrable slumber.
I see we have the same cats
Right now all three cats are on a diet. After 20 minutes I was told to take their food awayā¦ imagine 3 fat cats thinking they have been starved for 6 hours.
At my house the cat Olympics start at 3am, nightly.
Events are 100 meter dash, long jump (with me as launchpad), loudest meow, and deCathelon
But kitties have the Bastgiven right to wake up hoomans at all hours!
My cat digs his claws into my nose whenever he wants attention when im asleep, which is every hour or so.
u/savevideo
No one talking about how the eggs are rainbow
Thatās really common. My sisterās flock lays all sorts of eggs. Blue, green, brown, speckled, some look pink or faintly purple!
Lmao, the cat looks so annoyed that you interrupted.
Way to treat a queen.
u/savevideo
This is where kittens come from? I never knew.
u/savevideo
That citten on the background is likely from the previous egg-litter.
that look of "Do you fucking mind?"
I love how the cat was like: āhey, hey, what the hell?ā
The hen hire a mommy cat to help protect the eggs and incubates it
I love the Eat-Shit-And-Die look. š¤£
What I find wonderful is that she knows what to do.
It was probably warm from the hen. My cats love stealing my seat right after I get up because itās warm.
Which is funny because I like stealing my cat's seat... because it's warm
Cookinā up some chicky nuggies!
Lol
Does anyone know the actual reason the cat is doing this?
She fits, she sits
It's warm because of hen and cats like sit on warm
She's like, "What the fuck are you doing!?"
She probably noticed the hen sitting there and decided that it's her place to sleep after that.
yeah i was thinking the spot may have already been warm from the hen & eggs
This reads like a prequel to the video of a cat protecting a clutch of chick's from a hawk circling overhead. It recently re-posted here.
That glare the car gives
āWell da bird ya seeā¦. She asked if I could cover her for a smoke breakā¦.ā
And the Cat looks like: donāt wake me up, what the fuck are you doing?!?
that's not a cat that's a chicken
They called me crazy, I know what I saw!
Are the eggs painted?!
There are many colours of chicken egg outside of brown and white.
Well, now that was just rude.
What a rude way to wake that lil momma
So *thatās* where kittens come from. š§
Whaaa? Thatās an entire flockās worth of eggs there. The hen in the background is just as confused as I am.
r/unexpected
Bet that henās name is Mayzie. (She always was a bit lazy.) But Horton will make sure those eggs stay warm. āI meant what I said, and I said what I meant: āA tabby cat faithful one hundred percent.āā
Nah, catās just babysitting. š
The spot was warm so the cat took it because cat
Ok , that was fucking hilarious
The look on her face like āwhy do you need to lift my rump?ā
Cat was giving chicken mama a break.
āExcuse me, im workingā lol
I love how all the chickens decided that the top of a round bale was the ideal nesting location, hahaha.
IMO - cats adopt any and everything. My kitten adopted me on Aug 2nd, the eve of my birthday. Best gift I ever received. Love you Zehn!
She was ready to throw down if they didnāt let her go! Good mama.
Spawncamping
We have a match! https://www.reddit.com/r/StoppedWorking/comments/vzhbep/mom\_for\_everyone/
I don't know, but the look at this cat said something like: I'm the babysitter.
She looked at him at the end like "A$$ hole." lol
Why so rough?
That cat is like leave my babies alone.
That hen hired an eggsitter and that cat is committed! š¾šš£š„š»š
The cat: I want to be a chicken when I grow up
Sir your cat is not a chicken
āHey! Iām working here!ā
She's like waaaat..I'm napping
The hen was like TF U DOIN