Chicken Run is an online casino slot machine that brings to life a quirky farmyard theme where players take on the role of chickens attempting to escape from a sinister farmer’s clutches. Developed by leading game developers, this 5-reel, 20-payline slot offers a unique blend of humor and excitement as players navigate through various features including wilds, scatters, bonus games, free spins, and more.
Theme and Design
The theme of Chicken Run is centered around farm animals, particularly chickens, who are trying to escape from the clutches of a farmer. The game’s design reflects this theme with colorful graphics Chicken Run demo and animations that bring the characters to life. The background setting is depicted as an idyllic countryside landscape complete with rolling hills and a sunny sky. However, amidst the picturesque backdrop lies a sinister plot by the chickens to outsmart their captor.
The reels are set within a wooden farm gate, adding to the rural atmosphere of the game. Symbols on the reels include various chicken breeds such as Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, and Plymouth Rockers, which pay out differing amounts depending on their frequency in winning combinations. Other symbols that appear throughout the gameplay include egg-laying hens, foxes attempting to steal eggs, and the sinister farmer.
Symbols
The slot game features a total of 20 unique symbol types, each with varying payout values. The chicken symbols are divided into two groups: standard paying chickens and high-paying special breeds like Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, and Plymouth Rockers. Standard paying chickens pay out between $0.05 to $1 depending on the frequency in winning combinations.
The egg-laying hens symbol serves as a scatter, which triggers free spins when it appears three or more times anywhere on the reels. Other symbols such as foxes attempting to steal eggs are low-paying and have payout values ranging from $0.02 to $0.05 for three matching icons.
Payouts
The payouts of Chicken Run slot game are based on a standard 5-reel, payline structure where winning combinations must consist of at least two identical symbols appearing consecutively starting from the leftmost reel and moving rightwards.
Here is an excerpt from the payout table:
Symbol Pay for three matching icons Pay for four matching icons Pay for five matching icons Standard Chickens (e.g. Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds) $0.20 – $1.00 $2.50 – $10.00 $5.00 – $25.00 Egg-laying Hens $0.05 each time it appears three or more times
Wilds
The wild symbol in Chicken Run game is a chicken icon marked with a crown, which denotes its high status as the most valuable of all chickens on the farm.
It substitutes any other paying symbol to create winning combinations except for scatter symbols (Egg-laying Hens). The Wild can appear only on reels 2 and 4 but offers substantial payouts when five identical wilds form consecutive lines from left to right along a payline.
Scatters
The egg-laying hens are designated as the Scatter symbol in Chicken Run, triggering free spins whenever three or more of them occur anywhere on the reels during gameplay. These Scatters also offer individual winnings: two times for 2x any win; five times for 5x any win, and ten times for 10x any win.
Bonus Features
The slot features various bonus rounds that activate when specific combinations appear:
- Egg Laying Bonus : Activated by landing a minimum of three egg-laying hens on the reels during regular gameplay. This feature awards twenty (20) free spins at quadrupled winning rates and may be retriggered.
Free Spins
During any spin in which 3, 4 or 5 scatter Egg Laying Hen symbols are landed anywhere, the following is awarded:
- Three Scatters : Ten Free Games with tripled wins.
- Four Scatters : Fifteen free games at double rates.
- Five Scatters: twenty-five (25) free spin feature.