Anyone who has chickens will have experienced the trance stare. Two girls will be staring at each other and will be as still as statues. I think it is probably a pecking order thing and they are waiting to see who will break away first. My husband jokes that they are communicating telepathically. He imagines a stream of messages passing between them.
Yesterday Topaz and Barley were doing this stare. I tried to get a photo but it’s not quite perfect because the camera distracted Barley and she slightly shifted her gaze towards me. It’s the best I have though and it gives a good idea of what the trance stare looks like. We call it that because the two girls appear to go into a trance like state and they stand motionless beak to beak.
Topaz and Barley do the trance stare
I like the way Peaches is in the background watching with interest. You can still see the trance in Topaz eyes but Barley has just broken away slightly. They are funny girls.
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