What do comb shades mean

[IsaChicks]

Of course when my Orpington read about 10 weeks old I used a wound spray on her comb. I made sure it didn’t get in her eyes and I did my best to more drip it then spray it, but she still HATED it. 2 whole years later I got the same spray bottle out to check for a expiration date. She was half asleep at my feet when I was doing that. She lazily looked up and saw the bottle. In an instant she let out a scream of bloody murder and was gone. Like, poof… gone! It was hilarious. I also have an Easter Egger that I once taught to play the xylophone as well as a couple other tricks. I got the xylophone out about a year later, and she immediately started pecking it waiting for her treat as well as frantically doing every other trick she had learned. Chickens just never forget

Thats hilarious and adorable at the same time!!

 

[IsaChicks]

This is my Easter Egger! Sorry it’s blurry, but chickens are fast little boogers View attachment 3962086

Oh my gosh that is impressive

 

[IsaChicks]

Although chickens exhibit the intelligence of that of a 4 year old child doesn't mean they act like a four year old child remember they are still clucking feathery creatures that lay butt nuggets

 

[K0k0shka]

https://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/nature-blog-network/the-surprising-intelligence-of-chickens-exploring-their-cognitive-abilities/#:~:text=Research suggests that chickens are as intelligent as,and challenges common misconceptions about their cognitive capabilities.

Ive heard a lot of places on this topic (books about chickens other webstites etc.) but here is one! And yeah i get it chickens can be dumb at times but they are nonetheless very intelligent

We need a link to an actual study or formal paper on the subject, not a link to a blog... Anybody can say anything on a blog, but that doesn't make it true.

 

[K0k0shka]

They NEVER forget.

I wish. Sometimes they can be dumb as rocks when you want them to remember a certain thing, like the fact that the watering can isn't dangerous and isn't going to eat them alive the 1000th time they see it, if it hasn't eaten them the previous 999 times... But yeah some other things they seem to remember for years.

 

[K0k0shka]

I think people's definition and understanding of "emotions" varies a lot, hence why they may be hesitant to think animals have emotions. They may be thinking of something complex or nuanced. But some emotions are basic and primal, and clearly exhibited by animals. For example, fear. Fear is a basic emotion that lots of living creatures have. It stems from the instinct for self-preservation, but it's more than just that. Plants have self-preservation reactions to danger, like how the smell of cut grass is actually a chemical that the cut grass sends out to alert other grass in the area that something is eating/cutting it. But that wouldn't really be classified as fear. A chicken that is undergoing a traumatic experience, or is remembering a past traumatic experience, and responds with screams, widened eyes, running away, cowering, increased pulse and heart rate, etc. looks a whole lot like a creature experiencing the emotion of fear. Chickens have the hardware necessary to experience the emotion of fear (they have a brain that has an amygdala). And they show behaviors consistent with the emotion of fear. So how can we say that they aren't, in fact, experiencing fear? And thus, emotions? Sure, maybe their emotions aren't as varied, complex, or deep, as ours, or as those of a dog, but they definitely show evidence of experiencing at least some emotions.

 

[IsaChicks]

I wish. Sometimes they can be dumb as rocks when you want them to remember a certain thing, like the fact that the watering can isn't dangerous and isn't going to eat them alive the 1000th time they see it, if it hasn't eaten them the previous 999 times... But yeah some other things they seem to remember for years.

Okay then here you go an in depth study on chickens and their cognitive abilities and psychology

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5306232/

 

[IsaChicks]

I think people's definition and understanding of "emotions" varies a lot, hence why they may be hesitant to think animals have emotions. They may be thinking of something complex or nuanced. But some emotions are basic and primal, and clearly exhibited by animals. For example, fear. Fear is a basic emotion that lots of living creatures have. It stems from the instinct for self-preservation, but it's more than just that. Plants have self-preservation reactions to danger, like how the smell of cut grass is actually a chemical that the cut grass sends out to alert other grass in the area that something is eating/cutting it. But that wouldn't really be classified as fear. A chicken that is undergoing a traumatic experience, or is remembering a past traumatic experience, and responds with screams, widened eyes, running away, cowering, increased pulse and heart rate, etc. looks a whole lot like a creature experiencing the emotion of fear. Chickens have the hardware necessary to experience the emotion of fear (they have a brain that has an amygdala). And they show behaviors consistent with the emotion of fear. So how can we say that they aren't, in fact, experiencing fear? And thus, emotions? Sure, maybe their emotions aren't as varied, complex, or deep, as ours, or as those of a dog, but they definitely show evidence of experiencing at least some emotions.

Chickens will never feel emotions of that of a human adult and have the cognitive abilities of a human adult however, a human toddler is a completely different story.

 

[Squawkers]

I wish. Sometimes they can be dumb as rocks when you want them to remember a certain thing, like the fact that the watering can isn't dangerous and isn't going to eat them alive the 1000th time they see it, if it hasn't eaten them the previous 999 times... But yeah some other things they seem to remember for years.

Selective memory

 

[Squawkers]

Plants have self-preservation reactions to danger, like how the smell of cut grass is actually a chemical that the cut grass sends out to alert other grass in the area that something is eating/cutting it

That’s crazy!!!