+Anna Davis Well, Humans are animals too...should we be eaten? :-) .I am a vegetarian but I don't try and impose it on anyone else, but I do think more people would be if they thought about where their food comes from. The Bible has a lot of stuff in it that you probably wouldn't condone...slave ownership, polygamy etc...I'm sure there are plenty of Christians who are vegetarian anyway...I don't think it is required to be a carnivore to be a Christian..
I've got a barred rock that thinks she's a parrot and needs to be on my
shoulder and a Rhode Island red and two sex links that think they are dogs
and have to follow me around and jump in my lap if I sit down. The rest of
the flock are "normal" and just do regular chicken things. Chickens are not
stupid. Great video!
I bought them as 2 day olds and moved them back and forth from chicken tractor in daytime to lamp pen in garage at night when they were a bit older. So they did get handling daily. The others did as well but aren't as friendly. You are spot on the digging thing too. If I go near a shovel, I get a chicken stampede! I can barely get the rake/shovel to touch the ground for fear of getting one of the girls. Curious and oh so helpful at digging! Blessings friend.
+JM Did you hand raise both of those friendly birds? I have a few that will let me pick them up if I bend over when they come nearby and the odd one that follows me if I'm raking or digging (we know why she does that) but I've never had a hen that "befriended" me like yours and other people's chickens do. None of mine would jump up on me. Thanks :)
My own chicken just did something extremely smart today. I got really
excited, and decided to browse the internet for similar stories,
unfortunately this video is the only resource i could find :(
Anyways, i own backyard chickens and today one of my chicken started
screaming (which i usually assume is their way of telling me they're hungry
and want to be fed). So i head out the door to see the screaming chicken
right in front of it, and i took a moment to admire the chicken for
whatever reason. And that's when i saw it. The chicken was jerking its
head, like it was bowing it repeatedly. I thought the chicken was crazy.
Then it hit me. The chicken was motioning what it looks like when they eat,
she was directly communicating with me, asking me to feed her. I 'complied'
to her request and started walking to the shed to feed her, in which she
happily followed.
This moment made me so happy, i've never seen anything like it. Im
definitely gonna keep my eyes open and see what other amazingly intelligent
behaviour they're capable of.
So glad i saw this video, it made me appreciate chickens much more than i
did before watching the video :)
+No What an amazing story and thanks for sharing it! So the hen obviously knew you would react to her particular alarm (yelling) and then when she saw you (got your attention) she changed to motioning a signal to communicate a message ie get me some feed... To me, this shows extremely intelligent behaviour because the chicken is considering emotional consequence and using that to get something she needs WOW. I'm going to write an article on my blog about "How smart are chickens" and include your story plus any other examples I can think of so next time someone searches they will find a written resource on the intelligence of hens. Cheers :)
I've raised chickens and can attest to their intelligence. They pick up on
body language, they remember things that happen to them and learn from
them, they can find their way home, can appreciate affection, love, and
care, and they even have a social structure (at least, it seemed like it to
me). Not to mention chickens are absolutely gorgeous animals. Few things
gave me more pleasure as a kid than just sitting outside and watching them
play in our yard.
+Claire Cavanaugh Totally agree Claire! Every day, I take some time out to watch the hens go about their business and I often find myself chuckling about their individualism and antics they get up to... Thank you for taking the time to give your experience. Cheers :)
Would the chickens have been harmed by the spider? May be a silly sounding
question but I am ignorant of what the husbandry of chicks involves.
Take care
mrbluenun
+mrbluenun The only silly question is the one not asked (as they say) LOL... No mrbluenun spiders don't pose a threat to chickens in fact it's a food source hens actively look for when free-ranging and they are very adept at catching and killing them. It's rare to see a spider in the chicken pen that's not a place where they'd want to try their luck! Cheers :)
+ozboybrian Hey Brian, so do you mate... Yes, life's good, I'm a bit like you believing that positive energy brings good things (well, most of the time anyway). May the rest of 2015 be even better! Cheers :)
smart ass cat
oliver is very smart.
All White Husky Understands English and Gets His Leash On Command
Alex the Parrot
This loveable bird who has now passed away can do almost anything! Any animal, that is. Watch as he captures the hearts of all who watched him.
Please correct your title. Also your video is of LOWER quality than others
that have been posted which have the exact same content but in better
quality than what you posted - so just fucking delete this video. You
do the late Alex a disservice comparing him to this other "show bird".
Alex did much more advanced and complex demonstrations. He was the first
parrot that changed the scientific world and our perceptions of the
intelligence of African Grey Parrots.
How many comments are we going to have that say its not Alex? Do you think
your extra comment is going to make ghost parrot feel better about us
mistaking this? I'm sure Einstein doesn't care either, he doesn't seem like
toooooo much of a media whore.