What is your craziest/funniest chicken story?!?

[clawmute]

I was working under the hood of my pickup, bent over, and out of the corner of my left eye something caught my attention. Straightening up I turned my head to see our large White Rock rooster running directly for me! I blinked and then noticed that ten feet behind him was a coyote totally absorbed in his soon to be meal.

The little wolf saw me a fraction after that and his eyes got as big as Elsie the cow's. He did a back flip in the air and headed back the way he came. In the meanwhile the rooster ran right up under my feet. He and I didn't always see eye to eye but apparently he recognized the lesser of two evils. The coyote couldn't have been more than ten feet from me when he turned to run.

A couple of morning later I heard the chickens being distressed and so grabbed my rifle and went out the front door and peeked around the corner of the house. The coyote was trotting 45yards away from me, so I drew a bead and punched it's clock. No more chicken dinners for you Mr. Coyote. I can still see that rooster highballing toward me.

 

[chilling in muscadine]

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Poor Rooster. He was probably screaming in chicken talk like the guy in "The lion King"
HES GONNA EAT ME-HES GONNA EAT ME

 

[mamaKate]

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I have the same problem at my house. But the one with the fly phobia is a 70 lb. Great Dane/Aus. Shepherd mix!

 

[rebecca10782]

 

[fowltemptress]

I wrote this a while ago . . . I think it counts as a crazy chicken story.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=37334

Oh, I almost forgot there were two I wrote.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=37486

 

[ears73]

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Truly lovely. I can picture both scenes entirely... Thank you for sharing! I am a very recent discoverer of chicken-raising and now don't know a place where I would live that wouldn't have them around me... Glad to hear that I am part of a long tradition!

 

[Frogprintz]

Latest Breaking News! "KFC has reported a shortage of right side chicken wings. For the next several months, only left side chicken wings can be ordered, excluding ambidextrous chickens whom were given a reprieve until the shortage is over."

Congress has called for an investigation, claiming the shortage of right wings is creating an imbalance of power leaving the left wing in a dominant position. House Speaker John Boehner cried, "Fowl! The American Public will not tolerate half measures and demands an answer as to why such a division happened in the first place." A Bill is now pending before Congress, instructing farmers, livestock growers, and fast food chains to use turkey necks as a substitute during this crisis. "Furthermore, he continued, 'this has left a bad taste in the mouths of our food growers, especially since Congress cut-off farm subsidies in January of this year. The effect of this interruption in supply will cost the American economy billions ... and that ain't chicken feed!"

The bar-b-que sauce lobby is planning a sit-in; they are unwilling to change their sauce recipe for left wings only. A petition is now circulating calling for the abolition of "National Chicken Wing Day." On hearing this news, the Foster Farms chickens lodged a protest and vow not to appear in their popular TV commercials until National Chicken Wing Day is accepted with the same dignity as Presidents Day. They also remind everyone that, as, "Foster Farms chickens, they have no added hormones, steroids or artificial enhancers."

The Bed Mattress Lobby is also upset, stating, "Fewer number of right wings has created a feather shortage that will strictly limit the number of mattresses we can sell, unless Congress acts swiftly." Hillary Clinton withheld any comment, although Bill whispered his alarm with a barely audible, "Oh No!" ... PETA has called the American Public to arms while watching this tragedy unfold. They pluckily demanded that Congress take immediate action to ban the future sale of all feather beds and down pillows, replacing the comfortable stuffing with buckwheat chaff.

Foghorn Leghorn pecked a fight with the dog, and as usual, gave him a mighty whack with his stick. Poor dog! Henry Chicken Hawk was asked for his opinion and replied, "This is all just a lot of cock-a-doodle-do-do!"
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