When your chickens are actually tiny dinosaurs.

[Icedangel11]

My hens mostly came from cages and are now learning the ways of free ranging. I guess they've learned well. I think I should teach them how to hunt more things, then maybe I wont have to feed them! XD

 

[Stiggy]

haha, just throw them a few people you don't like......
imagine how much you would save if they just survived on what they found. oh well

 

[BoogieBird]

Pretty crazy! We had one eat a nasty, moldy, flat, decomposing whole mouse when we lifted up a bucket in the yard and FrEaKeD out!

 

[Stiggy]

they like some strange things..... well at least the eggs don't taste like dead mouse hahaha

 

[lularat]

Eek! Ferocious beasts. I put some live crickets in with my 3 week olds last night thinking it would keep them busy chasing them around. No way! They chased those crickets down in 3 seconds flat!

My husband buys my girls crickets once in a while and they go crazy. Haven't seen one escape yet.

 

[Stiggy]

Brilliant, one great thing about where I used to live was all the fallen rotting trees. with a small axe I would break apart some of the fallen logs and help the girls search for the bugs, worms etc etc they loved it

 

[lularat]

Brilliant, one great thing about where I used to live was all the fallen rotting trees. with a small axe I would break apart some of the fallen logs and help the girls search for the bugs, worms etc etc they loved it

Bet they thought it was Christmas!

 

[Stiggy]

yeap, they sure did, anything to do with digging was rewarded with a huge flocking of chickens. any treat is like Christmas haha

 

[Icedangel11]

EEEEEEEEE! I'm about to have some new baby dinosaurs!

My hen went broody so I put a couple of her eggs under her.. Didn't think they'd HATCH because they were in the fridge, but I thought 'What do I have to lose?'

Two little pips so far!

Edit: Once her egg(s) hatches, do you think I could stick some extra day old chicks under her? She's going to get, at most three... But most likely only two chicks from her month of sitting.

 

[Stiggy]

If you think she will accept them and they are day old then yes. At least 6 in total to make it worth while. To few and If they 'loose' some which often happens then they will realise and go a bit funny. ( it's been proven that chickens can count to 4 and recognize up to 100 different faces/ birds )