quickcluck Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I wondered as after doing the weekly run/cube maintaince yesterday, they just wouldn't settle... all were pacing by the run door and sqwarking at the top of their voices!!!! I looked at the clock and it was 3pm, mash time during the week when I get home from work Do you think they know the time??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Yes! You could almost set the clock by my 3 knocking on the back door for their rations! It's not the same time everyday, but it is about 1 hour before dusk. And if they don't get the result they want, they work their way round to the next window or door & try there..... even if it means climbing up on a bench & reaching over to a window in my craft cupboard - where it's far too cold at the mo, so I wouldn't be found there anyway - they then moved on to the patio doors..... Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillicat Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Definitely.........we have a flyby at 3.30pm daily Epsibarb (teatime spokeshen) flys up on the fence between garden and patio so she can peek into the kitchen to check if we are preparing treats and if she can't see us, she jumps down on the patio squalking "Come on, come on, get a move on!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Oh yes, oh yes ,oh yes. If you look carefully you will see them all check their watches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helenmb Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Mine lot have one of these clocks (the one behind the alarm clock) in their walk in run, I have it so I can tell the time when I'm outside in the garden, well that's what I told my DH it was for! So I am sure they have now learnt to tell what time treat time is!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Not only can chickens tell the time, but I am convinced my dog can count. He loves pizza crusts and my sons tend to leave their's for him (as he is very old and mollycoddled). If only one child has had one of those single pizzas he contents himself with 4 crusts; if 2 have had them, then he is not happy unless he gets 8. (If my daughter also has one, he knows it is still 8 as she is eating like pacman just now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 yes they definitely can tell the time! OH was running out to the run yesterday with their tea as they were bokking for it because we were late! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ygerna Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 yes they definitely can tell the time! OH was running out to the run yesterday with their tea as they were bokking for it because we were late! I can imagine what they were saying Tsk, where is our tea? Just where is our manservant with our tea? Can he not tell the time? Tsk, you just cant get the...OH! here he is last one there is a chicken.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Absolutely, without a doubt, they can tell the time My lot all start gathering at the back door for their evening treat at the same time and if I'm a bit late then they start tapping at the cat flap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
