Abilities of chickens!

[Carolrich]

I wasn't sure which forum was appropriate for this post. So here it goes:
This excerpt is from a 97 page academic paper about chicken thinking. At the end of this excerpt, I will post the link to the article. I am so amazed!

1. Chickens possess a number of visual and spatial capacities, arguably dependent upon mental representation, such as some aspects of Stage four object permanence and illusory contours, on a par with other birds and mammals.
2. Chickens possess some understanding of numerosity and share some very basic arithmetic capacities with other animals.
3. Chickens can demonstrate self-control and self-assessment, and these capacities may indicate self-awareness.
4. Chickens communicate in complex ways, including through referential communication, which may depend upon some level of self-awareness and the ability to take the perspective of another animal. This capacity, if present in chickens, would be shared with other highly intelligent and social species, including primates.
5. Chickens depend upon some level of self-awareness and the ability to take the perspective of another animal. This capacity, if present in chickens, would be shared with other highly intelligent and social species, including primates.
6. Chickens have the capacity to reason and make logical inferences. For example, chickens are capable of simple forms of transitive inference, a capability that humans develop at approximately the age of seven.
7. Chickens perceive time intervals and may be able to anticipate future events.
8. Chickens are behaviorally sophisticated, discriminating among individuals, exhibiting Machiavellian-like social interactions, and learning socially in complex ways that are similar to humans.
9. Chickens have complex negative and positive emotions, as well as a shared psychology with humans and other ethologically complex animals. They exhibit emotional contagion and some evidence for empathy.
10. Chickens have distinct personalities, just like all animals who are cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally complex individuals.

How amazing is this!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5306232/

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Chickens are definitely smarter than many folks give them credit for. If you observe them enough you start to see all the wonderful behaviors they exhibit. I have seen emotions expressed by my birds, from sadness, to joy, and outright anger. They are complex creatures.

 

[Mrs. K]

Personally, I would take this with a large grain of salt. To me:
- Can I eat it?
- Will it eat me?
- where am I in the pecking order?
- Can I change the pecking order?

 

[Boonie Stomper]

They can compete and strategize to get what they want. They keep tabs on each other and if they find themselves out of touch will loudly aim to reconnect.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

They can compete and strategize to get what they want. They keep tabs on each other and if they find themselves out of touch will loudly aim to reconnect.

And most of all if you forget to properly feed them they will turn on their flock members and correct the oversight themselves.