Can Chickens Taste/Smell?

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Can chickens/guineas taste their food, can they smell? I have always wondered this.

 

[SeramaLife]

Me too.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I would think they can, why else would they be picky about what they eat and like?

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Good Point!

Surely Somebody knows!

 

[SeramaLife]

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I heard that it is by texture, but I don't know if I believe that.

 

[Imp]

A quick google search says that they can taste and smell, but not very well.

Imp- If you search if chickens SMELL? You get a different sort of answer.

 

[dawg53]

My chickens arnt picky about food. They eat like hogs regardless what the food smells or tastes like.

 

[elmo]

Yes, the can taste, but they don't have very many taste buds:

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/an140

 

[33yardbirds]

Mine eat frogs when they can catch them but will not even peck a toad, hate to admit that I know why from child hood, toads taste terrible.

 

[buzymom13]

Yep....

They taste like "chicken" and if you don't clean them regularly...they smell "bad"...

sorry was feeling silly