OMG, I think Lily fainted!

[smnytx]

My husband claims to be able to hypnotize a chicken - he grew up with them in his yarn (in East Los Angeles!).

He says you take their head and place in on soft dirt, then take your finger and, starting at the top of their head, drag it down their beak and into the dirt, drawing a long line straight out. He says they will focus on the line and won't move at all.

So, should we believe him?

I like the "stacking the chickens" story, too!

Sorry you nearly had a chicken coronary!

 

[barg]

I think she fell asleep too.....


"Doh dee doh, uh, hey! guess it's night time, oh well, nighty night."

Sleep is suddenly broken by a scream and an untimely return of the sun.

"Doh dee doh must be day time again, when did we get the new alarm clock, not sure I like it."


Oh the things we do when we have nothing else to do...

Hi jill
glad everything is ok with the chickies

 

[TurtleChick]

Maybe she was pretending to be Marie Osmond and Dancing with the Stars?

 

[speckledhen]

I think Jill does let her watch too much TV, LOL!

 

[thndrdancr]

Hey now!

I supervise the chick tv watching closely, no more than 5 or 6 hours a day!

Jill

p.s. BUT....She DID overhear us talking about Marie's collapse!

 

[speckledhen]

What a little drama queen she is! I'm glad she's okay, silly girl. She probably just scared herself into the vapors, LOL.

 

[chicknmania]

I think Chickbea is right...seriously...the towel over the head probably put her to sleep. And yes, when I was growing up we had two White Leghorn roos and we used to think it was hilarious to catch em, stick their head under the wing, and hold it there for a few seconds; they would stay in that position for a minute or so. Another funny party trick we used to do when I was little is catch the chicken, hold their head on the ground, and draw a line with a stick in the dirt outwards from their beak. Do that a few times, and they will stay with their head on the ground, staring at the line. I haven't tried those things with our chickens now, but they do work.

 

[chicknmania]

I wrote about this last winter, but along the same lines...when our chicks were in the basement over the winter, I used to sing them a lullabye at night and they would actually get all goofy-eyed, and eventually most of them would close their eyes. We only have two of those chicks left and...they are all grown up now...but I keep thinking I want to go out to the barn and sing the lullaby to our Jack Frost roo and Razzle hen, just to see if they remember the song their "foster mom" used to sing!

 

[thndrdancr]

Well she IS a drama queen. Never a dull moment. She has pretty much learned how to escape every brooder box I have used. She is a bit like Fandango, if I use something solid, she wants to jump up and knock herself senseless, so I just use newspaper or somethin that normally keeps em in, but not anythin that will hurt when they try acrobatics. Well, she has learned she can topple the newspaper into the box with enuff effort, and then jump out.
Lately, I used a fruit box, thinking they would enjoy being able to see out all the holes. Well she keeps sticking her head out to see what we are doing, and when she gets hungry, squeeeeeezes thru them. I really dont know how a 8 week old chicken can fit thru a 2 inch hole, but she sleekens down to do it and she IS very slender.
Poor lil Dash, she is so much smaller, but her lil fat football body cant fit thru!

Barg, you totally cracked me up with the alarm clock comments, and no, I didnt scream, I just gasped loudly.
chickenmania, go out right now and see if you can sing them to sleep! lol
Yep, I think she just gave herself the vapors, then decided, oh well, guess I'll sleep now.

 

[smnytx]

Another funny party trick we used to do when I was little is catch the chicken, hold their head on the ground, and draw a line with a stick in the dirt outwards from their beak. Do that a few times, and they will stay with their head on the ground, staring at the line. I haven't tried those things with our chickens now, but they do work.

Pretty much exactly what I described a few posts above. Glad to know my husband isn't blowing hot air!​