Do chickens play with toys?

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We recently discovered ours like to chase a laser light. Out of 7 only 1 was acctually terrified of it so we stopped. The others loved it though.
 
I have 6 chicks that are about 7 weeks old. My husband cut a 2 foot piece of alder in half lengthwise and pût eye bolts in it to make a swing. The girls love hopping onto the swing and enjoy swaying back and forth in the breeze. I love watching them play. :)
 
We found this adorable tiny chicken-size toy piano online for $12. Hubby just mounted it on a sturdy little base. We plan to put in in the corner of our coop for the hens, to combat winter boredom here in NH.
Has anyone gotten a toy piano for their chickens? It's vintage and the keys all work so I don't want to put corn on them and risk it 'gumming up' the works. Does anyone have any tips for training the hens to use it??

 
My chickens really love cat toys. They love the plastic cat balls with the jingle bells, they love the feather on the string and chase after it, and they LOVE those plastic mice with the rattles inside them. We covered a few with hemp cord and hemp cord tails and they chase each other around them pen for them. They seem to like their bird swing too I get from the petstore for parrots and a few other bird toys like mirrors they chirp at and try to start fights with. Lots of bells, my chickens love the bells though.
 
Is it ok to give these toys to the hens to play with...plastic with bell and other is metal with rattle mouse
 

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