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. The 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!
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.
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.
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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