judith67 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 ........... have put themselves to bed, and I just go and shut the door of the run and then open the pophole to do a head count. They are all snuggled up, and when they hear me make these lovely coo-ing and murmuring noises. They sound sooo contented, it makes me feel all warm inside what do you love? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I love it when I open the door to the garden and they are all hidden under the bushes, only to come legging it and falling over themselves to get to me (ie food) first! I always sing the theme to Match of the Day to myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 ......... when they sunbathe, wings and legs akimbo !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piptiddlepip Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 When one of them finds a worm, and the others all notice, and the finder begins a mad dash around the garden, hotly pursued by the others. I hum "Yakety Sax" when this happens (the theme from the famous Benny Hill chases!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 We should have an album of chicken antic theme tunes! The Benny Hill chase tune mad me laugh! I love it when mine jump up & down on the spot to reach the flowers off the fuschia bush! I also love how the pekins fly & run at the same time! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 orpingtons gallop down the garden or when bantam polands help preen each other and then clean orpington's fluffy drawers. Its also very sweet that a poland will ALWAYS accompany anybody who is going to lay an egg; just for a bit of companionship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 For me it's dustbathing I love watching them. And food chases when one has something and everybody want's it just hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helenmb Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I love it when mine take a dust bath and the others pick off bits of grit and soil from their feathers as the a covering themselves with earth, its very entertaining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 squat. They look WELL funny. Anna x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve. Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Lay an egg on my hand when I'm feeling around their knickers for eggs laid by other chickens ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 when they just walk over or under each other trying to get to me and my treats . They are so deliciously self centred, until they get cold and then it's "all for one and one for all". I also do the nightly head count through the egg hatch and love to see them all snuggled up and murmuring to each other. Oh I forgot, I always sing the theme from "pole position" (kids tv cartoon) before I open the door in the morning as I can hear them jostling for pole postion before I open the door and they all come shooting out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Lou Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I love it when.. ...the four big girls run like fat waddling ladies and the three banties hop skip and fly behind them.. and all just because I step out the back door! .. the grown up babies sneak in big girls run and snuggle up beside their old mum whose broody again! looks so cute! .. the bantie teenage chicks queue up at back door to come in for thier evening cuddles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moomin Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 When they run towards me 'cos I've got treats, or when they think I've got treats! They skid to a halt on the patio and sometimes fall flat on their beaks! You can almost see the sparks fly as they try to brake! When I'm in their run clearing poo or cleaning the elgu and they are outside, Bobbie my Barnevelder comes in to have a nose at what I'm up to - she comes right up close to me and we have a chat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGirl Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 ... when they go so excited about some new FatDuck-esq mash concoction, standing in the bowl with the sound of the beaks tapping away, with them torn between eating it from the dish or off each other as they get covered in it - such messy eaters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 when they.... do the "scratch, scratch, step back, peck" dance Apricockerel does his "cockadoooooooooooooooo" noise - he's like Pavarotti. step back, take deep breath, throw head back, check the audience, throw head back again, take another deep breath and then give voice - to total lack of interest from the girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 When they have finished their bowl of porridge and gently clean each others beaks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennymom Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 (edited) I love it, when they have been closed in over night and I go into the run with fresh brekkie, and when I open the coop door, I hear the charge of the light brigade... everyone scrambling and barrelling down the ramp to ge to breakfast..then they all jump onto the perch to let breakfast settle.... fascinating... then there is the little feet stamping thing they do when they crouch!! it's so endearing...tiny little feet hopping from one to the other..lo Edited October 9, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I love the squatting too - and especially the feet wide, bum wiggle that accompanies it . Bit mean, but I think it's hilarious how when you put some foodstuff or other in their run they scatter like you've chucked a grenade in ("ruuuuun, it's an exploding apple core " ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piptiddlepip Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Sometimes I open the nesting box door instead of the run door so insted of running down the ramp they just jump the ten inches or so straight onto the ground and take off running down the garden towards their mash. When they do this, they remind me of paratroopers in training so sometimes I say "One thousand, two thousand, three thousand, PULL!" to them. they take no notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Lol what must our respective neighbours think of us talking to errm chickens,insanely singing /humming theme tunes and the best one for me to date goes to "drum roll >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> piptiddlepip Sometimes I open the nesting box door instead of the run door so insted of running down the ramp they just jump the ten inches or so straight onto the ground and take off running down the garden towards their mash. When they do this, they remind me of paratroopers in training so sometimes I say "One thousand, two thousand, three thousand, PULL!" to them. they take no notice." especially as she comments "they take no notice " Priceless it cause me to have one of those mildly hysterical laughing fits that makes you cry with Thanks piptiddlepip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 ... when they stand in a semi-circle in front of me with begging faces, just cos I've got grapes ... when Joy walks with me round the garden chattering away, like she's telling me about her day ... when Daisy comes for her special goodnight cuddle I just love my hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piptiddlepip Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 it cause me to have one of those mildly hystericallaughing fits that makes you cry with Thanks piptiddlepip No problem Kate, glad I put a smile on someone's face today! My chickens make me laugh so much it's good to pass on some of the joy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
