Comments on: Inside the Chicken Mind http://urbanhennery.com/2008/01/17/inside-the-chicken-mind/ Tales of a country girl and her hens. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:23:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: crystal http://urbanhennery.com/2008/01/17/inside-the-chicken-mind/#comment-743 crystal Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:37:51 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/01/17/inside-the-chicken-mind/#comment-743 YES! I totally know what you mean. You start thinking they are smart and then they do something that TOTALLY confirms where the phrase "bird brain" came from! Last week TWO of my birds made my jaw drop on two separate occasions with their complete STUPIDITY. I have to kennel our dogs in a coral in order to let my girls free range. I thought they were very clear on staying out of this area, but no apparently they weren't. I kenneled the dogs, let the chickens out, went inside to have a snack and happened to glance out the window to see my dog with a black blob of chicken in his jaws. I went shrieking outside and much to my surprise our dog with a very high prey drive dropped the chicken and backed away. I must have scared the crud out of him as I've never seen him loose consentration on prey so quickly before. Surprisingly the chicken was alive & is well. Also surprisingly a few days later one of the other girls tried to do a similar stunt. So yes, chickens are stupid stupid stupid! YES! I totally know what you mean. You start thinking they are smart and then they do something that TOTALLY confirms where the phrase “bird brain” came from! Last week TWO of my birds made my jaw drop on two separate occasions with their complete STUPIDITY. I have to kennel our dogs in a coral in order to let my girls free range. I thought they were very clear on staying out of this area, but no apparently they weren’t. I kenneled the dogs, let the chickens out, went inside to have a snack and happened to glance out the window to see my dog with a black blob of chicken in his jaws. I went shrieking outside and much to my surprise our dog with a very high prey drive dropped the chicken and backed away. I must have scared the crud out of him as I’ve never seen him loose consentration on prey so quickly before. Surprisingly the chicken was alive & is well. Also surprisingly a few days later one of the other girls tried to do a similar stunt. So yes, chickens are stupid stupid stupid!

]]> By: maggie http://urbanhennery.com/2008/01/17/inside-the-chicken-mind/#comment-727 maggie Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:11:07 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/01/17/inside-the-chicken-mind/#comment-727 They do have some odd habits don't they? I have three that we have to physically bring in every night. It's like they can't find the door... And out here we have lots of critters that would love to stumble across three fat hens in the dark. I've been catching up on your housing saga - hope things are looking up soon. They do have some odd habits don’t they? I have three that we have to physically bring in every night. It’s like they can’t find the door…
And out here we have lots of critters that would love to stumble across three fat hens in the dark.
I’ve been catching up on your housing saga - hope things are looking up soon.

]]> By: choe De Segonzac http://urbanhennery.com/2008/01/17/inside-the-chicken-mind/#comment-726 choe De Segonzac Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:09:52 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/01/17/inside-the-chicken-mind/#comment-726 don't the 4 rooster fight all the time? and won't they constantly be after the hens? I'm just curious. don’t the 4 rooster fight all the time? and won’t they constantly be after the hens? I’m just curious.

]]> By: El http://urbanhennery.com/2008/01/17/inside-the-chicken-mind/#comment-725 El Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:42:14 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/01/17/inside-the-chicken-mind/#comment-725 Hah! Little bird brains. Glad you opted to relieve the stress in their little world by giving them more room. But four roosters? That's just BUSY. I swear MY girls are Rhodes scholars some days, at least compared to our guineas. What's with sleeping in the nesting box, though. I have one girl who insists on it (and she's not broody). But I guess sitting down on a nest of straw beats balancing on a pole up in the air... Hah! Little bird brains. Glad you opted to relieve the stress in their little world by giving them more room. But four roosters? That’s just BUSY.

I swear MY girls are Rhodes scholars some days, at least compared to our guineas. What’s with sleeping in the nesting box, though. I have one girl who insists on it (and she’s not broody). But I guess sitting down on a nest of straw beats balancing on a pole up in the air…

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