What do comb shades mean

[AlphaButterfly]

I’ve always wondered about bugs though and @Logar is the perfect one to ask. Do you think bugs or your snakes/toads do?

Personally, I don’t *think* they do, but I still talk to them as if they do.

 

[Squawkers]

Your reply made me grin, because it sounds as if there is a story (or two) there????

Of course when my Orpington read about 10 weeks old I used a wound spray on her comb. I made sure it didn’t get in her eyes and I did my best to more drip it then spray it, but she still HATED it. 2 whole years later I got the same spray bottle out to check for a expiration date. She was half asleep at my feet when I was doing that. She lazily looked up and saw the bottle. In an instant she let out a scream of bloody murder and was gone. Like, poof… gone! It was hilarious. I also have an Easter Egger that I once taught to play the xylophone as well as a couple other tricks. I got the xylophone out about a year later, and she immediately started pecking it waiting for her treat as well as frantically doing every other trick she had learned. Chickens just never forget

 

[Squawkers]

This is my Easter Egger! Sorry it’s blurry, but chickens are fast little boogers

 

[AlphaButterfly]

Of course when my Orpington read about 10 weeks old I used a wound spray on her comb. I made sure it didn’t get in her eyes and I did my best to more drip it then spray it, but she still HATED it. 2 whole years later I got the same spray bottle out to check for a expiration date. She was half asleep at my feet when I was doing that. She lazily looked up and saw the bottle. In an instant she let out a scream of bloody murder and was gone. Like, poof… gone! It was hilarious. I also have an Easter Egger that I once taught to play the xylophone as well as a couple other tricks. I got the xylophone out about a year later, and she immediately started pecking it waiting for her treat as well as frantically doing every other trick she had learned. Chickens just never forget

That’s both hilarious and impressive!! Thanks for sharing the stories!

 

[AlphaButterfly]

This is my Easter Egger! Sorry it’s blurry, but chickens are fast little boogers View attachment 3962086

Actually, the blurriness shows that her head is moving so quickly, pecking on the keys. Just like you said.

 

[IsaChicks]

Don’t think that they are smarter than a toddler, but they can be pretty smart. Their memory is the most impressive thing. They NEVER forget.

They have been proven to be smarter than a toddler

 

[IsaChicks]

Surprising as it is (it surprised me a lot) animals are much more intelligent than we may think

 

[Squawkers]

That’s both hilarious and impressive!! Thanks for sharing the stories!

You are welcome!

 

[Squawkers]

They have been proven to be smarter than a toddler

Not at all trying to be rude, but I’d be very curious to see where you saw that. Could you post the link? Might change the way at I look at my conniving little slackers

 

[IsaChicks]

Not at all trying to be rude, but I’d be very curious to see where you saw that. Could you post the link? Might change the way at I look at my conniving little slackers

https://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/na...onceptions about their cognitive capabilities.

Ive heard a lot of places on this topic (books about chickens other webstites etc.) but here is one! And yeah i get it chickens can be dumb at times but they are nonetheless very intelligent