Are my chickens more stupid than yours?

[dogcatcher]

Tonight the little darlings (that wasn't what I was calling them earlier) were all hanging around in the run and wouldn't go to bed. It's red mites I thought, damn red mites, but no, it wasn't mites, it was an empty ice cream pot that I use for their corn. It had blown in front of the pop hole and no-one dared go past this dangerous object.
Why do I end up with the stupidest hens in the world?

[jo68]

that made me laugh



jo x

[kate egg]

You have got really 'chicken' chickens there

[p.penn]

Ha ha ha! Yes, your chickens are much more stupid than mine!

[Orfy]

Mine aren't even thinking about bed yet!

[sandy]

Mine are still up!!!!!Must be something good on tonight?

[Lilo-Lil]

"Bed?", what`s that my girls ask.

We are going to stay out till really late, frustrating `er-indoors who wants to lock us in safe for the night.

So what if Margo got `er up at 4.40 am by making so much noise she woke up and thought a fox must have been in the garden.

We laugh in the face of ice-cream pots, but the broom . . . that`s another thing

[sebrah]

LOL, I've just put my dirty stop up in too. Bit of squabbling tonight ...

They knocked over their feeder trough sometime this afternoon. I think stupid, they think smart - all over the floor now so easier to get to!

[Ryan]

Tennis balls, mine hate tennis balls....not ordinary tennis balls, just red ones.
The kids play in the garden with the girls wandering about and occasionally a tennis ball rolls in front of the girls.

Nothing, not one flicker.....but make it a red tennis ball and they go mental attacking it! Katie goes completely off her trolley protecting the chicks from the nasty red ball.

It is funny wayching 4 of them attack the ball though with my lad trying to get it back off them!

[mummyx4]

I wonder why they object to red tennis balls!!?! Have you got any theories?
I can't think of anything which resembles a red tennis ball which would offend them!

[plopcar]

:-D

I wonder why they object to red tennis balls!!?! Have you got any theories?
I can't think of anything which resembles a red tennis ball which would offend them!

A GIANT red mite ?

[rollerchick]

a,ha, this has made me laugh.three of mine fly up onto the feed bin lid so i can't open it,then when i do they all fly up and fall into the feed bin??? then they all (13) of them gather around my feet so i either tread on them or fall over them!! so funny..

[LynneP]

Yep, they can spot a grain of rice at 50 paces but something out of place is against the chicken rule, whatever they are. One of them knocked a coffee can full of feed over one day and they all stood back 3 feet staring. The moment I removed the can they were on the food (wild bird seed) and it was gone in a heartbeat. This is the same can they jump at, every evening.

[silky]

I’ll pluck a lettuce and cut it into 4 and as I approach the run with it in my hand, they all make a mad dash for the coop. Once the lettuce is in the run they all come running out to eat it.

[Pearl'n"Ruby]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. My chickens are normal after all