Chicken n' Children

So the chicks have become a plaything for the kids. Here I was thinking that we were saving a few chickens from a miserable existence in a too cramped cage. Maybe that would have been safer for them. So far they have been handled and harassed by my kids and the neighbor kids. They have been pushed down the slide, forced to swing in the swing, and chased constantly around the yard in a game they call "chase the chicken". Here is the baby chasing them around: