Guest Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 how clever are actually chickens? one of ours actually whent straght to the nesting box within one hour of having them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Mine used to flap up and tap on the kitchen window for sweetcorn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymama Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Ours hoofed off to the nesting box straight away when we got them and didn't come out for 24 hrs. More scared than clever, I think! I make a mean cluckcluck cluck noise, and they come immediately to eat the crumbs s"Ooops, word censored!"ed off the breadboard outside the back door. I'm trying to train them to come in through the cat flap, they're often used as popholes on large 'free range' hen barns, i've seen, and at the moment they will come in to the kitchen through the door. I'd love them on the kitchen table! H is not so sure (well, OK, he's dead set against it,) but I don't care anymore, and besides, I'm always the one who will have to clean it up, aren't I?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amythefoxslayer! Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Well my chickens think I'm a cockeral and follow me around the garden but I'm not sure how much intelligence that shows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I thought ours would just run to the gate for food every time the back door opened, regardless of who it was but the other day I squirted them with a water squirter to stop them all making such a racket (practising to be cockerels ) and now they hesitate in mid-run once they see it is me coming. So, not as stupid as i thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 That made me laugh Lesley! I've only had mine 3 weeks, but they have settled into a routine - I let them out of the run when I go home for lunch, so they are clammering when I open the back door. They then run back down the garden after me when I go back to get their treats - I feel like the pied piper!. When I get back from work at the end of the day they come clucking down the garden when they hear the back door open - I just love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
