docsquid Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 So, I was putting together their afternoon mash plus treats bowl this afternoon. If I put grapes on there, I usually put one each, so there are no squabbles. But today I had only four grapes left. The dilemma was do I eat the fourth grape myself, or do I put four grapes into the bowl for three chickens and see what happens? In the end, I put four grapes out, and had endless fun watching them do the "grape dance" - each chicken grabs a grape, then realises there is one left, so drops the one that they have, and the others then do a grape-swap until one chicken finally eats a grape. There is then a free-for-all for the remaining grape involving a lot of chasing, going round in circles, grumbling and general squabbling until all the grapes have gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 And the winnerrrrrrr is? They are so funny arnt they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I'd have chopped them all up and they would have all had lots!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I buy grapes every week without fail.... however cannot remember the last time I ate one myself Grapes, docsquid are the sole property of our feathered friend, so glad you gave them all 4 I always cut mine in half, so they think they are getting double Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 Grapes, docsquid are the sole property of our feathered friend, so glad you gave them all 4 Well, of course they are! How silly of me to even think of eating one! I suspect chopping them up won't make much difference because no matter how many grapes there are, the grape that the other chicken has is always better than yours, so there is always a fair amount of squabbling. Bless them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Cant remember the last time I saved a grape for myself either! Last bunch I got were huge grapes so I was holding them out in my fingers for the girls to peck bits off - a risky move (count your fingers afterwards) but worth it to hear all the slurping noises that they make Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggasperated Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Bit confused by this grape business - mine just swallow them whole - so quickly that the first time I gave them grapes I was looking all over the floor as I thought they must have dropped them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 The thing is, mine each grab a grape quickly, but then before swallowing it they think "Ah, the one the other chicken has got looks better than mine" so they try and grab the grape that the other chicken has got while still preserving their own in their beak. They can't quite swallow it whole so they have to sort of try and peck their own a bit, while chasing another chicken to gry and grab theirs, without dropping their own. This makes for entertainment of the highest order as grapes are dropped, grabbed and chickens pursued in ever decreasing circles around the garden! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I chop them up - so they think they're getting double but also because I was worried they might choke as they gulp them down so quick and I would have no clue what to do if that happened!!!! Can you heimlich a chicken? Can they choke??? I also tried an interesting test the other day to see if my chickens were colour blind and put a mixture of green and red grapes in their porridge for breakfast. OK and I had a bet and I won yes, all the red ones disappeared in a flash before a few curious sounding noises - what are these strange green things. My lot don't 'do' green, well, except grass, but broccolli, spinach, peas, sprouts - no thank you.... we will pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 We buy grapes every week and similarly wouldn't dare eating them ourselves. When my Father in Law pops over and says "Ah Grapes" - we don't dare say they're for the chickens - he would think giving chickens grapes a tad indulgent. Our latest wheeze is to give a small bunch of grapes (2 or 3 each) still on the vine and have a game of chicken, duck grape rugby I am thinking of seeing if Sky are interested in the rights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Our big girls also gobble the whole thing, but one of the Babes eats the insides and leaves the skins - I have no idea who it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 mine would sell their sould for them too... whole, half, in bits, they dont care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
