Chickens stop rabbits from fighting

Peacekeeping chickens don't need tasers to maintain order. (Thanks, Antinous!)

[#1 posted by JoshuaZ, November 17, 2008 3:14 PM]

Cute, but judging from what happens at around 10-13 seconds (with the lower, dark colored rabbit) one gets the impression that the chickens are just being aggressive and possibly excited by seeing animals fighting.

[#2 posted by JoshuaZ, November 17, 2008 3:15 PM]

To clarify my last comment: in that period the chicken appears to be just acting aggressively to the lower rabbit after that rabbit is no longer fighting.

[#3 posted by Jason Rizos, November 17, 2008 3:19 PM]

2006 called, they want their most-circulated-chain-email back.

[#4 posted by daddypants, November 17, 2008 3:27 PM]

That is fantastic. Your own chickens?

[#5 posted by ill lich, November 17, 2008 3:33 PM]

"Oh you wanna fight ehh? Whyn't you pick on somebody bigger than you, who has a beak and sharp claws!!"

[#6 posted by Mark Frauenfelder, November 17, 2008 3:33 PM]

Jason Rizos@3: Thanks for letting us know you saw this already. So cool!

[#7 posted by agraham999, November 17, 2008 3:35 PM]

Who knew the "F" in KFC stood for Fascist?

buzzkills...

[#8 posted by mdh, November 17, 2008 3:37 PM]

Are you sure they were fighting?

Seems to me rabbits are known for something else.

[#9 posted by dingolishious, November 17, 2008 3:40 PM]

I need some of those for my cats

[#10 posted by Vanwall, November 17, 2008 3:45 PM]

Move along, folks. Nothing to see here. Everybody back to their pens. Move along.

[#11 posted by Jackasimov, November 17, 2008 3:47 PM]

I stopped two cats fighting yesterday. I didn't have nearly the composure of these two chickens though. Just them hissing, me hissing (trying to sound remotely cat-like), and then me inhaling flying cat fur as the bully cat ran away.

Is it any wonder they modeled Ed-209 after a chicken? Or maybe they didn't. I don't really know.

[#12 posted by grimc, November 17, 2008 3:48 PM]

The chickens rule the roost in the Barnyard Mafia, and nobody goes to the mattresses without their say-so.

[#13 posted by nigelstwin, November 17, 2008 3:49 PM]

First off, "fighting rabbits" is worth double the price of admission. The chicken brute squad is just icing on the cake.

[#14 posted by Sleepy13, November 17, 2008 4:25 PM]

Gotta e-mail this round..
I love the scolding they each receive post fight aswell. Those peaceful clucksters... I'm getting some hens come spring & this has totally sealed the deal.
Nice one!

[#15 posted by Pipenta, November 17, 2008 5:00 PM]

Nice birds. Are they wyandottes?

[#16 posted by Anonymous, November 17, 2008 5:06 PM]

"What's all this, then? Move along, boys. Almost curfew time."

[#17 posted by Lauren O, November 17, 2008 5:28 PM]

I especially like how they exit in unison. "Looks like our work here is done."

[#18 posted by J France, November 17, 2008 5:30 PM]

#3 Jason: Sure, i've seen it already... but can you see this video enough? Really?

2006 called me and i was like 'Who the hell is this? I don't remember you?'

The internet has a short attention span, and when it comes to fighting rabbits and chicken peacekeepers, well, I think that's a good thing.

But thanks for pointing it out all the same, this thread is a richer place for it.

[#19 posted by mdh, November 17, 2008 5:30 PM]

Apparently some animals are more equal.

[#20 posted by Noah_J, November 17, 2008 5:35 PM]

the rabbits know what's in room 101

[#21 posted by ScribblingSquid, November 17, 2008 5:42 PM]

I've seen other birds do something like this.

I came across a crow bouncing on a wounded smaller bird (odd enough by itself) and 3 other birds of various kinds soon dashed over and started screeching and making short little darts at the crow. They didn't get anywhere near as close to the crow though.

Weird.

Didn't that penguin movie have something like this ? I vaguely remember one penguin trying to take the egg from one of the others after losing its own. The other surrounding penguins quickly came and stopped it.

[#22 posted by nanuq, November 17, 2008 6:03 PM]

Are you sure those rabbits were fighting? That sure looked like courtship behaviour to me. Are chickens natural prudes?

[#23 posted by Axx, November 17, 2008 6:09 PM]

Next phase in Iraq: Operation Chicken Pax

It would involve B-52s and chickens.
Lots of chickens.

[#24 posted by Maneki Nico, November 17, 2008 6:13 PM]

Don't peck me, bro!

[#25 posted by noen, November 17, 2008 6:13 PM]

I swear to god I didn't not know they couldn't fly.

[#26 posted by noen, November 17, 2008 6:16 PM]

Ohhhhh! That's what "preview" is for!

[#27 posted by LogrusZed, November 17, 2008 6:40 PM]

#3 Was the idea of phrasing your dismissal of the video in a format that is pretty much from the 80's SNL cast (David Spade, primarily) kind of meant to be ironic?

"I'm going to call this video old and played out by using an even older and more played out rebuke! That will show them! It's cool to dislike things."

[#28 posted by tinyswat, November 17, 2008 6:50 PM]

yes, but can a headless chicken break up a fight?

[#29 posted by Enormo, November 17, 2008 6:57 PM]

My wife got mad at me cause I laughed too loud while she was reading one of her Twilight books.

[#30 posted by W. James Au, November 17, 2008 8:04 PM]

"Chickens stop rabbits from fighting"

This is my favorite part of the whole post, a title worth of a zen koan or a Lakota name, or ancient myth:

"The world is beset by fighting rabbits, my son, and their war afflicts guilty and innocent alike, but the old ones prophecy a time when there will come unto us two chickens, and on their crest will be the word Justice, and they will stop rabbits from fighting."

[#31 posted by travelina, November 17, 2008 10:02 PM]

Next I would like to see rabbits break up a chicken fight.

[#32 posted by freeyourcrt, November 17, 2008 11:15 PM]

Uh, I don't think they're fighting.

[#33 posted by misshallelujah, November 17, 2008 11:42 PM]

To those who think the rabbits were doing something other than fighting, I have one thing to say:

COCKBLOCKED!

(I'm sorry. I'm going away, now)

[#34 posted by adamnvillani, November 18, 2008 12:53 AM]

80's SNL cast (David Spade, primarily)

Spade was on the show from 1990 to 1996.

[#35 posted by DMS, November 18, 2008 1:56 AM]

OK, I'll join in

Hey Jason Rizos@3 < insert year > called they want their dated memey internet thing back

[#36 posted by Beanolini, November 18, 2008 3:10 AM]

If you ban rabbit fights, they'll just go underground.

[#37 posted by Anonymous, November 18, 2008 7:23 AM]

"the first rule about rabbit fight club..."

[#38 posted by Rossifumi, November 18, 2008 8:13 AM]

"Don't peck me, bro!"

HAHHAHAhahahaHAHahaha

Those chickens are awesome!!! Send them bitches to Iraq!

[#39 posted by postliteracy_dot_org, November 18, 2008 8:17 AM]

#1/3: To clarify my last comment: in that period the chicken appears to be just acting aggressively to the lower rabbit after that rabbit is no longer fighting.

The lower chicken does give the spotted rabbit an additional dose of "Gotcha!" after the lagomorphs have broken of their antics (pugilistic or procreative, take your pick). But I've seen similar behavior in other order-enforcing animals. Like sheepdogs. Or parents, for instance, who can tell when "okay" doesn't mean, "okay, I'll be good" but instead means "okay, I'll act contrite until you turn your back, then I'll really get him!"

After that last volley, the chicken turns away and leaves the rabbit alone.

[#40 posted by Anonymous, November 18, 2008 9:24 AM]

I think YouTube is changing their name to weresorrythisvideoisnolongeravailable.com

[#41 posted by trr, November 18, 2008 10:59 AM]

That'll teach 'em!

[#42 posted by Anonymous, November 18, 2008 12:42 PM]

I called 2006, yesterday. I was like, "Hey, 2006. Do you have my W-2 for the state of Pennsylvania? I have to re-file my tax return because MD wants to claim me as a resident." 2006 was all like, “I don’t keep records that far back, but check out this video clip; it’s priceless.” I mean, I can understand not keeping a whole bunch of W-2's with potentially dangerous information on them, but -oh that is so cute when they leave the ring together -yeah, 2006 wouldn’t really be keeping “old” records by having 2006 W-2's. They’d technically be “current” records, right? Anyway, I watched the clip and it was funny, but I am really concerned about the whole tax thing now.

[#43 posted by FutureNerd, November 18, 2008 10:05 PM]

First of all, they're both roosters. My theory is, this is what roosters do about fights amongst their hens.

Also, both roosters give a little underscore peck to their respective rabbits.

Given the things chickens can't figure out, this is pretty impressive.