Photos: The Montezuma County Fair chicken chases

Chickens scatter as 6-year-olds give chase at the Montezuma County Fair Thursday. If they caught a chicken, they got to take it home.

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Five-year-olds chase chickens at the Montezuma County Fair Thursday. If they caught one, they got to take it home.

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Four-year-olds chase chickens at the Montezuma County Fair Thursday.

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A Saturday morning chicken chase round is underway.

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Duke Herrmann, 3, caught a chicken both Friday and Saturday.

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Jen Flaherty holds a chicken for her son Brady, 6, to pet.

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