Sunday, June 19, 2011
Mean Old Chickens
Pickles has developed an interesting relationship with our three chickens. He is very wary of them and somewhat afraid, but also enjoys taunting them. The chickens appear to have no idea that Pickles could destroy them and if he gets too close to one of them, it will charge at him. When feeling especially frisky, Pickles plays a game where he gets the chickens to chase him. He runs by one close enough that it will charge him and then runs away, circles around and zooms by another one, continuing around the yard doing figure 8s and seeing how close he can get to them or how far they will run after him. Sometimes he even grabs a toy and imagine he is playing keep away.
The chickens have discovered the deliciously raw meaty soup bones that we give Pickles and all three of them will run him off a bone and then stand there pecking at it while he watches longingly from a safe distance. He is too afraid of them to go take it back or to run them off himself. Once we run them off for him, he takes him bone and hides behind the bushes chewing on it; whenever, a chicken starts heading in his direction he picks it up and moves to a new location. The chickens are very bold about running him off if they catch him not paying attention.
Here they are with their stolen treasure.
The chickens have discovered the deliciously raw meaty soup bones that we give Pickles and all three of them will run him off a bone and then stand there pecking at it while he watches longingly from a safe distance. He is too afraid of them to go take it back or to run them off himself. Once we run them off for him, he takes him bone and hides behind the bushes chewing on it; whenever, a chicken starts heading in his direction he picks it up and moves to a new location. The chickens are very bold about running him off if they catch him not paying attention.
Here they are with their stolen treasure.
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