Funny chick stories

[mithious]

Was out socializing with my 4 week olds today and went outside to open the windows up wider and this grasshopper made the mistake of climbing up the outside of the coop. So I decided to catch it and bring it in to the chicks!

Now, when I first put my chicks out in the coop last week-end, I honestly thought I had "chicken" chickens...as they would run screeching from ANY bug that flew in the coop ( even the tiniest little knat fly ) and this seemed to go one for days! I swore another fellow BYC poster to secrecy in a PM, as I was embarrassed that my chicks were "chicken" chickens.

Well, that grasshopper no sooner hit the floor when one of the chicks picked it up and ran for her little life, hollering and running all around the coop. She ducked, and turned, ran the other way, lost the bug to another, that one did a straight run under the feeder, hit a group, that got interested, and turned on a dime and....lost the bug to another chick...this went on for 20 minutes, atleast!! That grasshopper never got a chance to jump, before it became the main bug of choice for a great game of keep away...

I never did get to see which one finally got to eat it, as so many got ahold of it and it changed beaks sooo many times before getting eaten!!! It was a huge grasshopper too!!!

I am proud to say, I no longer have "chicken" chickens

 

[3chickchicks]

Mine are being chicken chickens as well. They're 8 weeks old and still afraid of pieces of cantaloupe.

It was raining outside so I hung a head of lettuce to give them something to do. I'd seen youtube videos of the lettuce pinata, the chickens quiet clucks as they gleefully peck the head of lettuce. I thought my chickens would enjoy it just as much.
As soon as the head of lettuce was hung, they ran screaming and crying to the other end of the run! Even Lulu, the curious one, would have nothing to do with it. They pasted their bodies up against the hardware cloth as if they just couldn't get far enough away from it.

I have chicken chickens.

 

[Chickens R Us]

It's hilarious watching chickens play keep away with bugs

 

[mithious]

It's hilarious watching chickens play keep away with bugs

I know, aye? Watching them is better than TV

Not that I have tv service here...but when I did

Can't wait till their run is finished and I can sit and watch them outside the coop!!! Soon!!! Building a 10' by 20' run...for starters, then on to the other chicken building projects

getting ready for next year!!!

I love laughing, and they really get me laughing for sure...especially when they are running and hollering for all they are worth and....no one is still chasing them

 

[Diz78]

My 3 older ones do the run and scream. The first time I heard it I was scared for their life. Once I realized they were fine I laughed so hard. My family thinks I'm a little wacky for wanting to watch chickens. maybe I am

 

[Chickens R Us]

My Daughter and I will just put our chairs amoung the chickens and watch them, it's a nice stress reliever after a long hard day at work.

 

[Brandi Leigh]

My Daughter and I will just put our chairs amoung the chickens and watch them, it's a nice stress reliever after a long hard day at work.