Rubber chicken



Rubber chickens were Holiday Rewards available on the 21 March 2005 for only two weeks. During this time, Jagex placed an Easter bunny in Falador as a NPC. Players could talk to the bunny and ask for a task.

When asked, he would give players a basket containing some chocolate eggs, usually around three. Players could eat the eggs, making them do a chicken dance. Players had to give the eggs to other players in under two minutes to win an item.

Players had to equip the basket (considered a hammer weapon) to give the eggs. When the basket was equipped, if a player moved around, they would skip. Wielding the basket also allowed the player to right-click other players and select a 'Give egg' option, which would give the other player an egg. When all the eggs in the basket were all gone, the player could go back to the Easter bunny for their reward - a rubber chicken.

After two weeks, the Easter bunny was removed and the eggs were replaced with chocolate dust.



The rubber chicken can be equipped as a fun item rather than a real weapon as it has negative bonuses. When equipped, players can "whack" other players with it. This whack option is one of the reasons why this item is very coveted among players who missed this event. A Rubber Chicken is now a discontinued which means they can't be bought.

Some time ago, Jagex Moderators could not be whacked with chickens, and if a player attempted to, he or she would get a warning message. This feature was later removed, and now mods are fully whackable.

Whacking other players with a rubber chicken too many times will cause the player to 'fumble' the chicken and automatically drop it on the ground.

When unequipped, players could right-click on it and select a dance option, making them do a chicken dance, along with an interesting song. This dance/song could also be accessed by eating one of the Easter Eggs for the duration of the event. The song can only be accessed via the dance, but the dance itself can be accessed also in the Runecrafting Abyss. Sometimes when players distract the eye obstacle you will do the chicken dance (without the music). When equipped, players can right-click on it and click on operate to perform said dance. If lost, players may get a replacement from Diango located in the Draynor Village market.

In the Duel Arena, a player can set the options so only fun weapons such as the rubber chicken can be used.

The rubber chicken can be put in the toy box in the Costume Room of a player-owned house.

Trivia

 * The wielding animation for the rubber chicken was not updated when the High Detail graphical update was first released. The player would stand idly, walk and run as characters did before the huge graphical makeover. Other weapons that caused this effect were the Undead chicken (weapon), Mud Pie, Rat pole and all Banners. This was fixed fairly recently though, along with the other items that were mentioned.