My new silkie hen Oprah doesn't seem to be able to see very well. I trimmed back some of her feathers around her eyes, but she still has to jab several times to pick up a spaghetti noodle or something.
And if she grabs, say a noodle, and walks away with it and drops it, she won't even bend over to pick it up, she just walks back to the plate to peck for more.
If, on the rare chance she does peck at something she has dropped, she takes several pecks before she grabs it.
She can see in general, as if I let her out to free range she watches me go in the cage to pour food and she comes running back in after me and immediately starts pecking at the plate.
Before haircut:
And if she grabs, say a noodle, and walks away with it and drops it, she won't even bend over to pick it up, she just walks back to the plate to peck for more.
If, on the rare chance she does peck at something she has dropped, she takes several pecks before she grabs it.
She can see in general, as if I let her out to free range she watches me go in the cage to pour food and she comes running back in after me and immediately starts pecking at the plate.
Before haircut: