I have funny story that just happened today.
I was out feeding my chickens, and as some of you know, I recently got 4 little chicks that are being raised by one of my hens. I always give the adult hens their food outside the run and the chicks get theirs inside. This is because on of my hens is extremely protective of her food, and she'll peck the chicks if they get too close.
Anyway, once all the food was gone (except for a few little pieces of carrot which they don't like), I put their food bowl back into the run and finished everything else I had to do. Meanwhile, the mama hen and the chicks were picking at the little pieces of food still left in the bowl, and they had flipped the bowl over.
As I was leaving the coop, I noticed one of the chicks, Bunny, was missing. She likes to escape from the run and scratch around outside, even though she's not supposed to, so I figured she was just outside.
I went out of the coop and started searching for her, but I couldn't find her. I started freaking out, thinking maybe a snake got her. (She's still quite small.)
So, as I'm searching for her, I look back into the coop, and I see the food bowl move. (Note that the bowl is made out of plastic and it's not very heavy.) None of the chickens were near enough to move it, so I keep watching it, and it moved again. Now the bowl is scooting around the coop as if it were alive.
I went back into the coop, lifted up the bowl, and underneath it, was Bunny! She was not very happy to have been stuck under the bowl, and I think she was grateful that I rescued her from her great ordeal.
I still laugh every time I think about it.