Like A Chicken on a June Bug

There is an old country saying to describe something fast or quick.  If you want to emphasize, for example, how much that Kyle likes pecan pie, you would say, "Man, if you bring a pecan pie out here, Kyle would be all over that like a chicken on a june bug!"  That means Kyle would be all over that pie very quickly.

I wonder how much truth there is to that old saying?  Hey, let's find out!  Right now there are beetles all over the place.  They come out of the ground at this time of the year and crawl all over everything.  They are primarily outside, but some find their way inside the house.  The other evening in the kitchen, Tricia screamed because one was crawling up her leg. So we have many bugs to test out our hypothesis.  Here's one right now:

A june bug or beetle

I decided to not just experiment with one bug, but with a whole handful of them.

A handful of june bugs

And here are the subjects for our experiment.  In order to see if chickens will be all over june bugs quickly, you need chickens and june bugs.  I think we have everything assembled to do this.

The chickens

Now all we need to do is throw the june bugs down on the ground and see what happens.  I think we know how this is going to go.

They're all over them pretty quickly!

Yep, we have proven that the saying is true beyond a reasonable doubt.  Chickens are indeed all over june bugs in no time at all!  FACT.