Chicken races...any suggestions?

[draebear]

We are having a cookout this Sat. and our guests are very excited about our first annual chicken races. We have 5 silkies, almost ready to start laying. We have a 1/4 acre yard and we are trying to figure out a fun and humane way to enjoy fun with our girls. I saw a video of chicken races where the human participants were throwing socks at the chickens to get them to move. They weren't hurt, but I didn't like the idea of throwing things at my girls to make them run. Has anyone ever seen chicken races or have any good ideas about how to set it up?

 

[In His Service]

I haven't seen any, but maybe you could coax them with treats. Maybe have 5 people each choose a chicken, have little lanes set up with stakes and surveyor-type tape. The 5 people would stand at the finish line dangling worms to entice the chickens to run the race.

 

[BantamsRock14]

if u had a chicken race go buy a brand new baby chicken hold it all the time becuz we had 1 of those and i chose 1 of my buff laced polish and i one becuz she loves to be held and im trying to start somekind of official chicken race!

 

[In His Service]

draebear did you have your race? How did it go?

 

[CupOJoe42]

Maybe put out some scratch at the finish line?

 

[miss heny]

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or have the owners chase them down?

 

[Magic Birdie]

Hold treats at the finish line! It sounds fun!