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@Sir clucks-a-lots hens - Welcome to BYC! :welcome

Welcome also to the world of being a new chicken keeper. You couldn't have picked a better place to learn more about chickens.

You really caught my attention mentioning training your flock to do tricks. This is very interesting! We clicker train our hens and ducks to do various tasks such as ringing a bell. I am curious to hear what tricks your chickens know, and how you've learned to teach them?

How long have you been showing chickens for? What style of riding do you have with your horses? Also, best of luck in your swim training! And good luck volunteering with a local clinic- the best way to start out in animal care is volunteering I have found.

Glad to have you here, and enjoy your stay!

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HomesteaderWife said:
@Sir clucks-a-lots hens - Welcome to BYC! :welcome

Welcome also to the world of being a new chicken keeper. You couldn't have picked a better place to learn more about chickens.

You really caught my attention mentioning training your flock to do tricks. This is very interesting! We clicker train our hens and ducks to do various tasks such as ringing a bell. I am curious to hear what tricks your chickens know, and how you've learned to teach them?

How long have you been showing chickens for? What style of riding do you have with your horses? Also, best of luck in your swim training! And good luck volunteering with a local clinic- the best way to start out in animal care is volunteering I have found.

Glad to have you here, and enjoy your stay!

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I have taught mainly 3 of my chickens, I found roosters are much easier to train their attention span is much longer. One of my chickens is a little bantam rooster he can crow on command I really do not know how I taught him but I whistle at him and he crows back it is pretty funny! He also can go over an agility course he kind of taught himself that to it was weird my friends set it up for their rabbits and I set him down on the course and he went around two times, hopping on and off jumps, going through tunnels and going over tipsy boards. I am also starting to harness train him. another chicken I had cleaned her own pen and was very neat and clean. another would jump three feet in the air to grab a treat of a stick. they all come when they are called cause that means food. they kind of teach them selves. I am trying to come up with more tricks to teach them have any ideas? what is clicker training? What tasks did you teach yours to do? How did you teach them to ring a bell? I have been showing for 3 years, and I ride English . Thanks for having me!
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@Sir clucks-a-lots hens - I'll direct you to a few articles for starters I wrote awhile back - essentially the same but one is more direct to poultry. It explains a little more about what clicker training is, and I have a video of our ducks on there ringing a bell. Essentially, it's a positive way to train your animals.
Clicker Training Farm Animals
Clicker Training for Chickens

Basic things people teach their flock include running obstacle courses, or pecking a particular area/shape. I've seen videos of ducks pulling a string to ring a bell, but I wanted it to be more challenging by getting them to ring the bell itself by tapping it. I started off associating the clicker with the treat and built from there. And it's funny, even if we haven't practiced in awhile, ours still remember what to do
 

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