7x7m pitch. 4 players, 3 chickens 1 catcher.
Place a bib into each chickens sock. The chickens have to run around and try to get to one of the cones (chicken house) where they are save, but can only remain there for 5 seconds before they have to run to a new house. The catcher has to try and get the bib out of the sock without tackling and taking to ground. If the catcher gets a bib, they become a chicken and the caught chicken becomes the catcher. For each chicken house that a chicken g
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