Chickens games!

[chickencheeper]

what kinds of games do you play with your chickens/poultry? Personally I love putting a big wad of duck tape on the end of fishing line and casting out in the run with low drag on the line and “fishing for chickens”

 

[The Angry Hen]

That sounds fun! With mine... Normally they help themselves to untieing my shoelaces then they play with them. Then Blueprint, the mischief of the flock, likes to play with the drawstring on my red sweatshirt. She walks up to me, and when I'm not wearing it, shes gets all sad. I decided to hang a rope in the coop. When I'm not around I tie it to a hook in the coop, and when I'm there I let it down and she has her "playtime" and it's too cute to watch.
I'm not sure if it's considered a game, but when I go to collect eggs my Speckled Sussex hen always escapes. I let her roam as I walk beside her. Then I kinda jog towards the barn and she follows me.
My male Guinea fowl actually has a routine. His "girlfriend Guinea hen" always walked downsatirs of the barn when she was still around. He kinda lives on that memory by visiting the first floor of the barn every morning. When I walk in there and he's just about to come down the steps, he runs back up like he's been caught. I put some sunflower seeds on the ground and he runs back down.
Each one has their own quirk that makes them happy when I visit them. Magnum has to be acknowledged or elses he gets that angry face.

I just love how they all form their routine and how they have fun, It's great to see!

 

[chickencheeper]

That sounds fun! With mine... Normally they help themselves to untieing my shoelaces then they play with them. Then Blueprint, the mischief of the flock, likes to play with the drawstring on my red sweatshirt. She walks up to me, and when I'm not wearing it, shes gets all sad. I decided to hang a rope in the coop. When I'm not around I tie it to a hook in the coop, and when I'm there I let it down and she has her "playtime" and it's too cute to watch.
I'm not sure if it's considered a game, but when I go to collect eggs my Speckled Sussex hen always escapes. I let her roam as I walk beside her. Then I kinda jog towards the barn and she follows me.
My male Guinea fowl actually has a routine. His "girlfriend Guinea hen" always walked downsatirs of the barn when she was still around. He kinda lives on that memory by visiting the first floor of the barn every morning. When I walk in there and he's just about to come down the steps, he runs back up like he's been caught. I put some sunflower seeds on the ground and he runs back down.
Each one has their own quirk that makes them happy when I visit them. Magnum has to be acknowledged or elses he gets that angry face.

I just love how they all form their routine and how they have fun, It's great to see!

Mine untie my shoelaces to, and they bite my sweatshirt laces and bite the pop Pom at the top of my winter hat if I lean over enough

 

[The Angry Hen]

Mine untie my shoelaces to, and they bite my sweatshirt laces and bite the pop Pom at the top of my winter hat if I lean over enough

Ha ha, yes, the hats indeed as well!
In the summer mine with knock off my baseball cap.

 

[Allie Grace Sanders]

This may not sound like a game, but it's fun. I sit down in their run (all of my skin is covered except my face) they all come and peck and scratch at my lap. They try to peck my nose and pull my hair.

 

[Krazyquilts]

A couple Bresse hens prefer to eat out of my hand rather than out of the full feed bowls. They look at the bowls and then at me and make these little noises like, "Well, what are you waiting for? Where's my breakfast?"

 

[Fishkeeper]

I've had a friend's chickens try to eat my toes when I had painted toenails and was wearing sandals. It's a bit difficult to avoid 5 hungry chickens while holding a rooster. I don't recommend trying that, it kinda hurts.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

While I can attest that there are game chickens I am also pretty sure that there are no chicken games.

 

[peckpeckpeck]

Mine love to jump on my lap when I'm sitting. Then I give them a treat for perching on my arm or looking at my face when I call their name.

They also jump on my back if I stoop down. Is this a sign of dominance? Anyway I think it's cute & am trying to get them to balance on my shoulder like a parrot.

Sometime I tie an apple to twine & hang in their run.