Fun in the backyard
Sep. 6th, 2010 10:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trystinnThe crabapples are just beginning to be ripe, we've been giving a few to the rabbits as treats. Yesterday afternoon we threw a couple to the chickens and settled in to watch Apple Soccer.
The rules are pretty simple. The goal of Apple Soccer is to steal the apple from the flock by pecking at it deeply enough that it gets stuck on their beak, then runs off with it. Meanwhile, the other chickens peck at the apple eating bits of it. The game ends when either the apple is stolen or it falls apart. Games can go anywhere from a few minutes to roughly 10. It's usually the sneaky little hens who win.
Now, granted, sometimes the chickens decide to play without our involvement. Usually one of the Ameraucanas jumps up onto a low branch and pecks at an apple until it falls down. This is a vastly preferred method to the Newton method - where the wind or gravity drops an apple on one of the chickens.
The rules are pretty simple. The goal of Apple Soccer is to steal the apple from the flock by pecking at it deeply enough that it gets stuck on their beak, then runs off with it. Meanwhile, the other chickens peck at the apple eating bits of it. The game ends when either the apple is stolen or it falls apart. Games can go anywhere from a few minutes to roughly 10. It's usually the sneaky little hens who win.
Now, granted, sometimes the chickens decide to play without our involvement. Usually one of the Ameraucanas jumps up onto a low branch and pecks at an apple until it falls down. This is a vastly preferred method to the Newton method - where the wind or gravity drops an apple on one of the chickens.
