Is a chicken capable of thinking this way????.........

[hooligan]

Just like humans...not all of us are as gifted as others...

 

[Davaroo]

As I see it, and this is only me, theres a difference between working out "problems" due to conditioning and true cognitive reasoning. If you hit a chicken with a bat enough times, it will avoid the bat. But until you do, the bat wont be perceived as a problem
Me, I don't need to be clubbed even once to know it will hurt.

The Bird is far more capable than we used to imagine, that I'll agree to. It's ability to learn a behavior and "social relationships" within the flock make us all the more aware of such dynamics among other animals, especially birds.
SO yeah, there is more going on with the dumb chicken than many will admit.
And the day a chicken builds a hospital, bombs a village or paints a masterpiece, I'll be first in line to buy a ticket. Until then, we wait.....

Good post, though. I've always enjoyed it.

 

[Beekissed]

I would say she is probably lonely and getting picked on....I have a hen and her young poult that is not quite accepted in my flock. She tries to sleep in the nesting boxes and they stay away from the other chickens as much as possible. If they did not have each other, I would say they would be acting very dejected and sick-looking also. Having said that......I was able to get them to stop sleeping and pooping in the nest boxes through negative reinforcement, and it didn't take a lot, so I think they DO have the capacity to learn cause and effect.

 

[CarlaRiggs]

Hooligan ~

Thank you so much for the references! That took some time to type out.... very thoughtful of you.

I've found this thread interesting.

Carla

 

[hooligan]

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You can find most of those articles on the net still, so you can read them in full. Pretty interesting stuff

If you hit a chicken with a bat enough times, it will avoid the bat. But until you do, the bat wont be perceived as a problem
Me, I don't need to be clubbed even once to know it will hurt.

Well as a small child with no experience in being hit with sticks, you might not...as an adult with life experience I would hope so! LoL And since the chickens intelligence is likened to a small child that might be a more realistic comparison.
Though I know my chickens avoid things like sticks pointed in their direction (unless they think there is food on the end) and they have never been hit.

 

[SpottedCrow]

I remember that episode, Chickendaddy...I had to turn it off because I was crying...I wonder if they were picking up what I was feeling...I remember having a bad day at work and Slifer came over and whacked her head against me so that I would pick her up...She always gave the best chicken hugs...

 

[d.k]

* I can tell you one thing-- They can sure be stubborn!!!! Miss C has refused to sleep on her basket roost all week. . . Everytime I put her on it, she hops right off to go perch on the rim of her empty dog dish!!! GOOMBA!! This is completely new and I haven't quite figured it out yet.

 

[RayP]

I saw a chicken play the piano once at a county fair and she seemed pretty smart to me, I can't play as well as she could.

 

[d.k]

* Ray, I think I saw that same chicken more than once at fairs when I was a kid!!

 

[spook]

I just went to visit my roo at another chicken ladies residence and he was aware of who I was, paraded his girls around for me to see, crowed for me. They can recognise people, situations and happy or unhappy.
Faking a illness, I doubt that, either they are sick or not. Kinda like us, either we have a fever or not when ill, we cant wish it to get to stay home.