Monday, November 9, 2020

Did you know.....

 H/T to: http://nerdyhen.blogspot.com/2014/02/amazing-chicken-facts.html
 

Amazing Chicken Facts


  • A mother hen talks to her chicks before they hatch. As soon as the chicks can hear and talk back they are having conversations through the shell! 
  • Chickens have complex conversations with one another. And of course everything a chicken says has a meaning. 
  • Chickens are one of the top 10 smartest animals. You can even train a chicken. 
  • Many people believe that when a rooster crows it means "Look at me!" 




  • A rooster crows all day, not just in the morning. They begin crowing in the morning and stop crowning in the late evening. 

  • Chickens can fly. They can not fly for long distances but can fly a good ways up. Bantams can fly higher than large fowls.


  • Chickens love to dust bathe
  • Chickens have amazing memories. They can remember over 100 different individuals. They have to remember every flock member and where they are in the pecking order!
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  • Chickens are a lot smarter than young children, and though we don't know, they may be smarter than the average human.

  • Chickens are the closest living relative to dinosaurs.
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  • Chickens have the ability to assume that an object still exists even if it has been hidden. Most children do not have this ability and develop it with age. 
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  • Chickens have to memorize something called the pecking order. It is the order of who is allowed to peck who. It is part of their complex community aka a flock. 

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And I sure can tell 'ya that roosters crow ALL DAY LONG!!!! And that's a FACT!!!!   

:o)

3 comments :

  1. Until this last election, I would have disagreed with chickens being smarter than the average human. ;-)

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    1. Don't worry, Gorges - those chickens will soon be nuggets! :o)

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  2. I did not know a lot of the things you exposed here. But I can "see" my Grandpa nodding and grinning.

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