Can chickens taste/smell?

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I have to wonder about this....

I think they can...

I had 2 broodies in one next and one day there was a baby coon in the coop and when hubby went to chase coon out of coop coon jumped into the nest with the 2 broodies sending them running and left coon sitting on eggs.

broodies abandoned all 5 eggs in the nest .. I think cause they could smell the coons scent was now on the eggs
 
I walked outside nibbling on toast with grape jelly on it and set it down on the table on the porch the other day....Big Daddy Roo decided he wanted a snack and helped himself. He usually feeds his hens first and eats whats left (its a wonder he hasnt starved to death). But as soon as his little tongue got a lick of the jelly he went right to town on it. not only did he not call his girls over to share....when one of them came over to investigate what he found he squacked at her and chased her off and wouldnt share at all. lol Not sure what about the grape jelly appealed to him, the sugar, grape flavor or what ever but he seems to have a need to hoard the sweet stuff when he forages some up.
 
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Yup that's right that's why many wild bird seed mixes have peppers in it, it's not for the birds as much as it's a deterrent to squirrels and such.
 
Chickens have a taste for bitter and salt, not sweet according to the UCONN Poultry Expert.
 
If chickens can smell, why won't broodies leave a nest when a rotten egg has burst? I went in this morning to let the chickens out, and I smelled rotten eggs before I even opened the door. Today is actually the hatch date for these eggs, and I never candled to check for infertile eggs. So she's still sitting happily on that disgusting mess. I couldn't even stay in there without vomiting. I can't leave her like that, can I? I'm going to have to put something over my mouth and nose, force her off the nest, clean it out, put down fresh bedding, wipe off remaining eggs,and then let her back on. This will make her crazy! And I'm dreading it. But I can't let chicks hatch out into that mess, right?
 
CupOJoe42 said:
Chickens have a taste for bitter and salt, not sweet according to the UCONN Poultry Expert.
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AAHH This is just what I was wondering!
Is it color they love and do they taste or is it more salt sweet bitter they taste as we actually taste mostly from SMELL and the tongue gives us the salt sweet bitter part from what I understand
Why when you have a cold you cant taste anything.

So maybe shape crunch texture color sweet salt bitter? The geonome thing says "taste" but ...define!
Who knows about the styrofoam? which of us has tasted it ?
Maybe it does taste good!
I loved the taste and smell of air plane glue as a little kid in the 50's. It was chemical too I guess.or a gum? not sure.
 
2overeasy said:
If chickens can smell, why won't broodies leave a nest when a rotten egg has burst? I went in this morning to let the chickens out, and I smelled rotten eggs before I even opened the door. Today is actually the hatch date for these eggs, and I never candled to check for infertile eggs. So she's still sitting happily on that disgusting mess. I couldn't even stay in there without vomiting. I can't leave her like that, can I? I'm going to have to put something over my mouth and nose, force her off the nest, clean it out, put down fresh bedding, wipe off remaining eggs,and then let her back on. This will make her crazy! And I'm dreading it. But I can't let chicks hatch out into that mess, right?
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I dont know about a thorough cleaning but id sure get the egg out and as much of the gook as possible without disturbing the eggs any more than possible Not sure if that eggs drys on the shells air cell end if they can hatch or will it smother them?
 
MINE LOVE canalope and afterwards rub their beak on ground--I WAS THINKING it was to clean wet,sticky off
 
This issue needs to be addressed further. I will demonstrate the birds can taste, they just have a different range of considerations than we have when evaluating potential food items and hence measure different chemicals. The dogma on this has had its day.
 
I would think chickens just smell differently than humans like being able to smell gender. That's probably why Jack attacks females and younger people instead of me or my Dad. Also Macaw parrots prefer certain genders for their human care takers.
 

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