Play hen, rooster and nest cards to hatch eggs before the fox steals them.
Panic in the hen house, the fox is on the prowl and the eggs have not yet hatched ... [back of the box]
When it is his turn to play, the player chooses :-Give birth to a chick (the player presents 2 "hen" cards whilst imitating a hen's cry.) Turns over one of his "eggs" to make a newborn chick appear.
-Take an egg from another player (the player presents a "fox" card to an advesary, and ask him for an "egg" card (not a chick). The adversary may counter-attack by presenting 2 "rooster" cards.
The winner is the first to manage to get 3 chicks.