Great ideas. Wordy, Birdie and Gertie are 8 years old..not sure I will start training them now, but I do have a few younger ones.I was just thinking before giving them a treat call their name then shake the treat & maybe they will associate your voice w/ "treat" and then come running when they hear you call. Our 6 girls are so spoiled that whenever we come outside or come home in the car they already start running to us & calling to us. Treats/food has been our best training tool.
About the only time mine don't come running when we call is if it's mid-day & they are snoozing hidden somewhere digesting their morning crop or if they're being broody. I have one girl that comes running when I call even if she's snoozing. DH trains each girl in the group by saying her name each time he gives only her a treat & in time each one learns their name. It doesn't happen overnight but consistent training & treats like w/ any pet, pays off. And some learn faster than others. Just depends on how much time you want to spend training or how pesty you want them to be.
Note: If you can't tell your 3 girls apart, paint one girl's single toe blue & another girl's purple w/ fingernail polish (no red or green to get pecked at) & leave one girl w/plain toenails & that way you can use that method for identification & name training. Just thoughts I'm throwing out there...
DH makes a special plates of mixed veggies, vitamins, can organic corn, maybe w/ Greek Yogurt or meat at around 7 or 8 a.m. every morning. They start milling around the door automatically waiting for that morning supplement & if he's late they start squawking for it or tapping on the glass door. Who trains who
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and now she has a new dressing that should be good for a few days.
