Chicken training

[SarahLadd]

Sorry to post again but I think this is cute. This is my ameraucana Smoke jumping up to my arm. She's a super sweet really eccentric chicken that's pretty smart to boot!

 

[sourland]

You are the 'Chicken Whisperer'.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

cute!

 

[MochaDuck]

That is awesome! Hoe did you train her that?

 

[drumstick diva]

Very nice

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Successive approximation?

 

[Jessica241]

Oh my goodness- our americauna does the same thing!! So sweet! We just hold our arm out and she flies right up- although she loves to jump on our heads too but we are trying to discourage that

 

[SarahLadd]

when she was a baby bird, I had trained her to jump on my hand. I have a video of this too! She was so sweet as a tiny thing. She was able to stay trained that way until she was too big to jump on hands but too clumsy to fly. Over the winter time I had little interaction because winter sucks, but now that it's summer she's back to being really affectionate. She naturally is so very unafraid to just get up into my lap and on my shoulders and things. It was not challenging to train her to jump on my arm. She will do it most of the time without a treat now. I was in the process of training my welsummer to do the same thing but now she has bumblefoot and that's going to take some time to heal. I can pick up Smoke from anywhere in the yard and she's usually pretty accommodating for cuddles, she will sit in my lap and let me pet her head and fiddle with her wings and toes.

 

[V Dutchuk]

Adorable. I used to have a BCM who would hop up and look around at my face. I really miss her.