Do any of your birds do this?

[doghamstyluv95]

My sweet little Lilly, will come to me when I call her name

Its so adorable! She just runs straight to me. I love her so much! She will even come to me when Im in the middle of a completely open space.

 

[akcskye]

Oh yeah, they may be "just chickens" but they certainly are trainable.

I've had ladies in the past jump for strawberries (by saying the genus name Fraises or whatever it is haha), one of my current hens says "hello!", and they all come to me when I say "chickie chickies" and individually by name.

I also have a good night song that I sing every time it's time to go back to the hen house, and they comply with it, too.

They're so loveable and cute...Gotta love the chickies.

 

[Omeletta]

I call my silkie hen by her name, Uh Oh, and she comes! I love it! I call in a sing-song high-pitched voice, and she comes waddling over! Now all the rest come when i call Uh-Oh. Oh well!

 

[FrankBlissett]

Oh - certainly they are trainable. I've taught roos to come on command in the past - just a matter of finding the treat that really motivates them.

Right now I've got aa alpha roo, Brahma. Every couple of days, it goes something like this:

"Hey!"

They ignore me.

"Squatch! Get out of my garden!"

His head shoots up and he escorts the girls out of the garden.

-Frank

 

[RyanAndMeri]

Wow.. thats neat! I never considered training my chickens.