I bought a chicken toy back when we first had our chickens. You put sun flower hearts in it and they have to roll it to get them out. I have tried it a few times with them when they were younger but they were scared of it and wouldn’t go near it.
I am trying to keep things interesting for the girls while the weather is so awful and also distract them from feather picking. I haven’t seen any feather picking today so that’s a good sign.
I tried the chicken toy again today and Pepper and Dotty wouldn’t go near it. Bluebell is our most inquisitive and brightest girl and she was intrigued by it. She cautiously approached it and looked at it carefully. She could see the sunflower hearts inside and gave it a couple of quick pecks and she managed to get a few sunflower hearts out before she lost interest. I shall put it out again tomorrow and am sure over time they will get the hang of it.
What is this?
Bluebell is taking a look
Bluebell takes a closer look from the other side
Well done Bluebell, I am sure she will do even better tomorrow and the other girls will soon follow her lead.
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