Is it possible that my chickens remember each other?

For me it has never been a problem introducing or reintroducing a rooster to hens. It's usually roosters that don't get along with each other. It could also depend on the breed.

 

Yes, chickens will remember one another. In fact, they store memories of faces, including humans and other animals for over a year.

But this doesn't mean that a chicken returning to the flock after a period of time away will have a free ride. The pecking order rearranges after a chicken leaves, then again upon returning. There is sometimes conflict involved while it adjusts.

 

Yes, they remember each other...My one Pullet got caught up in the catching and removal of some Cockerels and ended up at a friends for over two weeks till I could go and pick her up...Her buddy bird was lost here without her...As soon as I put her back in the flock the two were clucking and inseparable....Then a month ago I got my Cockerel back or he was going to be Butchered..That was way back at the beginning of July that he left. The Pullets acted like her never left...He remembered how to get into the Coop went out to the run, sat on the roost...Came back outside and it has been great ever since...

They remember...

Cheers!.

 

One chicken can remember over 100 different faces. If they all remember him and remember his dominance, the pecking order might go back to its old order since he's the rooster.