More evidence

[LaurenRitz]

I have two cockerels, about 9 months old. One of them got up on top of the deck yesterday (the bachelor pad is under the deck) and couldn't figure out how to get down!

Running around wildly, talking non-stop to his brother under the deck, trying to find a way through. Sticks his head down through a narrow hole, won't fit. Run around some more.

I finally chased him off the deck. More evidence that problem solving is not their strong suit.

 

[Stipenvlerk]

Thank you for sharing!

 

[sourland]

Cockerels: problem solving is not their strong suit - problem causing on the other hand is.

 

[LaurenRitz]

I was thinking chickens on general, but yes. At my old house, my chickens dug a hole under a fence to get to something growing on the other side, then panicked because they couldn't find their way back. They wouldn't crawl through a hole they dug and used to get onto that situation in the first place!

 

[Katiedidnt58]

I was thinking chickens on general, but yes. At my old house, my chickens dug a hole under a fence to get to something growing on the other side, then panicked because they couldn't find their way back. They wouldn't crawl through a hole they dug and used to get onto that situation in the first place!

Funny! My light sussex got a fright and accidently flew over the low fence keeping them away from my flower gardens. Big panic ensued. I suggested that since she'd just flew over she could fly back. No. Couldn't be done.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I was thinking chickens on general, but yes. At my old house, my chickens dug a hole under a fence to get to something growing on the other side, then panicked because they couldn't find their way back. They wouldn't crawl through a hole they dug and used to get onto that situation in the first place!

Never had guineas have you?
They're way dumber. You can have a fence with the gate open and they'll spend all day screaming and running back and forth without ever noticing there's a huge hole there they could walk through.