What is your craziest/funniest chicken story?!?

[Fudgie]

Why do we crazy people put up with these silly birds!!

We do because we have to outwit the little buggers! Let the force be with you!!!
When I was younger, my parents owned chickens and we had a guy come by to visit. It was cold outside and he had a suburban. Well, anyway, he decided it was time to leave and took off for his house about 45 minutes away. He came to town about 15 minutes away to fill up with gas and the gas attendant (yep showing my age now) came out and said, " I see you have a passenger" He did not know what the guy was talking about and asked him WHAT???

the attendant said you have a chicken in your wheel well. He called us to see if we wanted to come pick her up and Dad said just take her to your farm and keep her. She obviously wants to go home with you!

 

[suenrob]

Yesterday, I went out to the run to catch a rooster that I am rehoming. I spot an egg under a bush and pick it up. I slip it into the pocket of my shorts and plan to remove it after chasing the roo into the coop.
Of coarse I forgot about it, bent down to grab the roo, and had scrambled egg running down my leg.

Thats actually not the worst part.....my cell phone was also in that pocket!!

 

[crtrlovr]

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Oh, my! thought I was the only one who did that! BTDT, wasn't fun!

 

[Chickenaddict]

I really earned my "crazy chicken lady" name around here. You should see me try to round them up in my pj's and house slippers

 

[opihiman911]

I was visiting my grandpa's farm, I was 7 or 8 years old and he sent me in the coop to collect the eggs. I went in started collecting the eggs and got nailed by the rooster. I got spurred in the legs, butt, he rode my back all the way out the coop.
I went and told grandpa what happened, he cleaned my scrapes and scratches and explained to me that is what the 2x4 outside the coop is for. Take it in the coop, shake it at him, and don't turn your back on him and he won't bother you.
Next day, I did as was told, got into the coop started collecting the eggs with Mr. rooster just eyeing my up, and he charges. Now me being a budding baseball player and not wanting to experience the day before again, I protected myself with a big swing of the 2x4. Mr. rooster went flying across the coop, hit the fence and layed limp. I just killed grandpa's rooster!!!!
I went in to tell grandpa what happened, wondering which willow stick he was going to use on me. He came out to see what happened and there was Mr. rooster struting his stuff, eyeing me up again waiting for the second inning. I just knocked him out. My grandpa had a laugh, we went in and got the eggs together.
For ther rest of the summer, Mr. rooster and I had an understanding that I had a 2x4 and would use it to collect the eggs, but it was his girls and his coop and if I turned my back on him or tried to pick up one of his girls he would challange me to a dual. It was a very uneasy truce, but it lasted as long as I kept an eye on him and the 2x4 between us.

Cory

 

[shelleyd2008]

Well, my next one is no where near as funny as the others, but here goes...

This is a new baby funny...
I have 3 1-week-old chicks in a 'brooder' in my spare bedroom. This is also the same room my incubator is in. I have eggs hatching right now, so I'm in there quite often checking the eggs. I go in the room, and I can hear the chicks in the box making that "I'm scared" peep. I go over to see what the problem is. They are all three crammed into one corner of the box, staring intently at their VERY dangerous intruder...I had to shoo the fly out of the room before they would shut up!!!

 

[debilorrah]

That is the Big Scary Hand syndrome.

 

[crtrlovr]

amazing how they can spot EVERYTHING and think it's a threat... I am trying to convince my guinea keets that the Big Scary Hand isn't really all that scary, but they're not buying it...

 

[shelleyd2008]

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My keets are scared of everything!! The big scary hand, foot(by the cage not in it!! ), the big scary blade of grass poking in the bottom of the cage. They are really silly birds! You would think they'd calm down after a bit but NO!!

 

[yellowdragon]

I have 2, but they may not be as funny as the police chase and the 2x4.
I bought 30 chicks this past feb. I had to keep them in the house cause it was cold ( and i love them). They were in a box with chicken wire over them, and my kids would help me feed them by holding up the wire. Well on morning I woke up (sleep still in my eyes) and saw little things running everywhere. I had 30 chicks all over the house, It turns out the kids didn't shut the lid tight enough and they made a jail brake. I had them under the couch, in the kitchen, in the bath room. My DH wasn't happy. He had to laugh though when my son said chicken madness.



My mom had her chicks in her house too. She checked them before leaving for work and one was missing. She looked for it so long she was late for work and had to leave. Well My dad went in to the kitchen to fix himself some lunch and heard a chirp. he looked around and on top of the microwave was the chick. Perched on a paper towl roll. and this chick was only 2 weeks old.