Crocheted Hats for Chickens

Ok, ok! I know it seems silly but this morning I was busily crocheting hats to keep the combs of my chickens from freezing.  Back in Aunt Nancy's day you did what you had to do.  Well, I just had to make these hats!

Out to the chicken pen we went with the first hat to see how it worked.  We tried it on Spot and she immediately took it off with one sweep of her foot.  Well, we tried it on Pig Pen.  It was a rerun of the first attempt.  But Pig Pen grabbed the hat as if it were a ball and took off running through the pen!

What appeared to be a game of keep away ensued.  The hat was taken from one chicken and then passed to the next until Pig Pen had it back and this time she was not giving it up.  She would swerve to the right, swerve to the left, dart behind the tote, duck under the post, and then rush back out into the middle as if to say, "Nana-nana-boo-boo, it is still mine!"

Well, so much for this hat.  But it certainly was an entertaining toy for awhile.  My daughter took it away in the end just to be sure they wouldn't eat the hat.  However, with supervision, perhaps we have stumbled upon the perfect chicken toy.

As far as hats go, it is back to the drawing boards.

This is Pig Pen with the hat (toy).