They’re NOT just dumb birds!

[Bear1978]

Interesting article! Who knew how smart our feathered friends really are!

https://untamedscience.com/blog/how-smart-are-chickens/

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

I’ve been saying it for ages and I know other chicken people have too!! It’s amazing watching their little brains work. Cool article thanks for sharing!

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

A lot of people seem to think chickens are dumb birds that only care about food, but how wrong they are when I send my attack chickens on them !
I’ve been teaching my chickens a few tricks to show people that my birds are smarter then they will ever be.

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

X2!! And much better company than the majority of the people I know

 

[50-45-1]

Pretty interesting article.
I saw first hand that chickens can count the other day.
A broody hen came out of the coop yesterday morning with the croud when i opened the chicken door and i know she has 6 chicks.
She must know it too because she started around the cornerwith her brood then stopped in her tracks, looked over her shoulder, clucky madly until chick number 6 came racing out of the coop to catch up.
Yup, smarter than they are given credit for.

 

[AquaDuck]

Yup, they're actually really clever and mentally complex!
Here's a super interesting research article about the intelligence of chickens:
Thinking chickens: a review of cognition, emotion, and behavior in the domestic chicken

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

Neat!! Has anyone ever seen that study about chickens preferring attractive people?I’ve tried to and can’t find it now

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

I saw it and it answered my question on why my chickens didn’t like me. It was a sad moment in my life.

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

LOL Seems liek there may be some faults in that study so no worries ...what happens when you’ve got a bag of choice mealies?? Suddenly you’re very popular regardless of how you look...