Chest bumping chicks....

[Liz Birdlover]

My Maran chick used to jump on top of the other chicks, like trying to piggy back ride them. That always happened so fast I could never manage to get a photo of it. The other chicks would chest bump or jump up, (as if to spur, but they never hit the target), so it just looked like chicks running around, then suddenly jumping straight up, for no reason.
Amelia, apparently did not enjoy the running & jumping game, so she learned, instead of jumping straight up, end the chase by jumping directly on top of the other annoying chick... The expression of the chick she jumped upon was always surprised, like "where did she go?" Then the chick on bottom would squat down & roll over trying to get the other chick off of her back. It happened so fast, it was hilarious, I should have taken videos.
After so many times getting jumped on top of by Amelia, (named so, as she likes heights, Lol) they got wise & just shook her off while running, asap. She then decided, to heck with them & learned to perch upon the highest peak a chick could possibly reach, on top of the feeder. She'd sit up there peacefully & watch the others running around & chest bumping.

To this day, Amelia perches high, her spot is on the window sill, above the others on the regular chicken perch.

 

[DramaBrahmaMama]

My Maran chick used to jump on top of the other chicks, like trying to piggy back ride them. That always happened so fast I could never manage to get a photo of it. The other chicks would chest bump or jump up, (as if to spur, but they never hit the target), so it just looked like chicks running around, then suddenly jumping straight up, for no reason.
Amelia, apparently did not enjoy the running & jumping game, so she learned, instead of jumping straight up, end the chase by jumping directly on top of the other annoying chick... The expression of the chick she jumped upon was always surprised, like "where did she go?" Then the chick on bottom would squat down & roll over trying to get the other chick off of her back. It happened so fast, it was hilarious, I should have taken videos.
After so many times getting jumped on top of by Amelia, (named so, as she likes heights, Lol) they got wise & just shook her off while running, asap. She then decided, to heck with them & learned to perch upon the highest peak a chick could possibly reach, on top of the feeder. She'd sit up there peacefully & watch the others running around & chest bumping.

To this day, Amelia perches high, her spot is on the window sill, above the others on the regular chicken perch.

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We have one that isn't interesting in the Tomfoolery! We call her Hattie. She's also the one that when she lays down, the others are drawn to lay next to her. She will put up with it only so long, then she moves off by herself! They are so funny!!!