Chick rugby (with grasshoppers!)

[greginshasta]

I don't think I have had so much fun in a long time. We have 10 assorted chicks and they are a week old. THey are living in a plastic tub

Today Sunny pitched a grasshopper (we have a bunch of little 1" hoppers out on the lawn) and the chicks wwent nuts competing for that little taste treat.

We followed that up with 2 hoppers, which led to an immense amount of chirping and racing around the box trying to steal the treats. That lasted for a good 5 minutes.

Finally we decided to catch one for everyone, so in went 10 more hoppers and it was sheer pandemonium. Freaking hillarious.

 

[justusnak]

I just LOVE watching them learn.....and chase each other trying to steal the treat!

 

[HobbyChickener]

We Need Video!!!

 

[Yonaton]

Mine have learned to be real close when I come in the run with the hose to spray down the concrete slab...as soon as I lift the few concrete blocks up to move them, they run into the vacated spots to get the crickets that were staying cool under the blocks. Then the heat is on! 3 or 4 crickets between 24 chicks is hilarious. The smart ones have learned to just swallow real quick, lol.

 

[silkiechicken]

Haha, the silly thing is, if the chick stopped running... nobody would case and they could enjoy it! Silly birds!

 

[greginshasta]

Actually, the moment they stop, the others gang up on them and in a split second have it stolen. We threw some in again last night and let them chase each other - the hopper gets stolen several times before actually getting eaten.