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Not easy to direct, no. However, when you jump a flock of ducks off a pond, I have noticed that they still have a tendency to stay in a relatively tight group and all fly off in generally the same direction. This not something I have observed with chickens. It will be fine right up until the...

I have tried to herd them with sticks and the like but while I can get them to move in a general direction, I never have had any luck trying to get them to do any precision maneuvering, like through a coop door. Several always end up breaking back and by the time I get them rounded up, the...

This was an interesting read: Fear in Poultry http://www.poultryhub.org/production/husbandry-management/poultry-behaviour/fear-in-poultry/ One thing sticks out from the article "...A current limitation is that our understanding of the human behaviours that affect birds’ fear responses is...

Understanding the behavior of chickens is probably lacking because it doesn’t take a lot of effort to reach into a cage and grab one. Larger animals on the other hand can be more unwieldy and loading cows onto a trailer takes significantly more effort and technique than stacking crates full...

I think the body language thing is key here. Unlike humans, most communication between animals is unspoken. They are especially adept at reading and understanding their surroundings by visual cues. For any prey animal, from large grazing herbivores to small chickens, it is especially important...