Fun "Social-Distancing" Things To Do With Chickens During Covid 19

[rosemarythyme]

Ok I just found this. Obviously all the major professional sports in US are on hiatus right now. It looks like even professional athletes can't escape the need for eggs!

https://www.nhl.com/news/ducks-getzlaf-chicken-coop-in-backyard/c-316423092

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Followed the advice! We setup a chair, had some chicken conversations, and took some pics:

 

[coppermama]

I enjoy walking around the property flipping rocks for my chickens. They follow me everywhere and love the hunt. I'm also planning on trying my hand at a home made flock block.

I have one hen who follows me around hoping that I will turn over rocks and wood so she can find bugs! It’s so cute!

 

[tn_artist]

Teach a chicken to come when you call her name.
This is Angel. Pardon our extremely newbie video abilities.
This ritual started by me lifting her up to the roost the other birds were on since she can't fly. She had been roosting on a low roost by herself. After a couple of days she started looking for me around roosting time. She would run (waddle-trot) to me to put her up with the others to stay warm. Now she is coming when called, no matter what time. She knows I have meal worms to reward her.

 

[theoldchick]

Teaching the rooster social distancing.

 

[theoldchick]

Photographing the posers is always fun.

 

[C. Conner]

We put a load of leaves and composted

dirt in their run to play and scratch in. Also I spread more sand around their run. Kept us all busy!

 

[countryladyNH]

Painting a sign and selling fresh eggs. LOL, here Hannah hen watches hubby paint, and 'hen party'! Some of the girls on the porch greeting customers and guarding eggs!!!

 

[countryladyNH]

We have 2 new chicks this year---Speckled Sussex, to add to our flock of 6 Buff Orpington hens. We're taking them out to play in the grass today!
Elizabeth and Poppy.

 

[Thork]

We set up a chicken feeding station for neighborhood kids and it has been fun watching them come by to meet the girls when they are out for a walk with their families. The rules are: one handful of scratch only, and you have to wipe down the container and your hands w

hen you're done.