Chicken Tricks 101

30/10/2024

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13/05/2024

We use reward-based training to teach our chickens tricks. ⭐ 🐓

This means we give our chickens something THEY want (a reward) when they do something WE want.

For example, we give our chicken a treat (something she wants) when she pecks a ball (something we want).

Our chicken soon learns that if she repeats this behavior, she will get a reward. 🍪 🐔

This is the fastest and most fun way to teach chickens anything!

25/02/2024

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21/02/2024

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29/11/2023

When your rooster has trained you! 😁🐓

27/11/2023

Watch Gerdy ace picking the chicken toy out of a bunch of animals every single time! 🐔🧸

We've always suspected it, but now science backs it up: chickens are brainy birds! 🧠🐥

Here's what the studies have discovered about our feathered friends:

⭐They're mini detectives with deductive reasoning skills 🕵️‍♀️
⭐They're counting champs who can do basic arithmetic 🧮
⭐They have a good understanding of time (better than some of us!) ⏰
⭐They communicate in complex ways that go beyond just 'bwak bwak' - it's real chatter! 🗣️

Some of their abilities have been compared with other species such as chimpanzees, dolphins, and elephants.

At Chicken Tricks 101, we're on a mission to tap into the full potential of these clever cluckers by teaching them all kinds of tricks and activities. They absolutely adore it - it stimulates their minds and enriches their lives. 🎓🐓

➡️ If your chicken's hidden talents are still a mystery, it might just be because they haven't been trained in the right way yet. With our unique method, you'll see how fast and effortlessly your chickens can learn! 🚀 🐔💡

Begin their amazing trick training journey now at:

👉https://chickentricks101.com/chicken-tricks-academy-level-one/ 🌟👩‍🏫🐣

27/11/2023

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25/11/2023

Do you want to teach your chickens tricks? You can start today...
🌟 Introducing: Our Chicken Trick Trainer (Beginners) Course! 🌟

🎓 It's a clucking good time for everyone - you, your family, and your feathered pals! 🐔🐥🐓

Here's what is waiting inside the course for you...

🌈 The first trick that'll turn your chicken into a star! (Psst... it's super easy and the foundation for many more tricks!)
🎩 The few pieces of basic equipment you need to get started (you will have most of it already!).
🍓 The yummiest treats to reward your clucky learners!
🔊 And the secret training sound that makes learning a breeze for your chickens!

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19/11/2023

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31/07/2023

🎉🐔 Teaching tricks to your chicken can be an absolute blast! 🥳

You'd be amazed at how quickly our feathered friends can pick up new skills, proving just how bright they really are. 🧠✨

Here are 10 tricks you can teach your chicken:

1️⃣ Fly on command 🕊️: Train your chicken to fly onto a perch or your arm when you tap on it or give a specific cue.

2️⃣ Come when called 📣: Teach your chicken to respond to its name or a specific sound and come running to you.

3️⃣ Spin 🌀: Train your chicken to spin around in a circle.

4️⃣ Jump through a hoop 🪀: Train your chicken to jump through a hoop on command.

5️⃣ Tug of War 🪢: Train your chicken to engage in a light tug of war with a toy.

6️⃣ Play a simple musical instrument 🎹: Train your chicken to peck at a small keyboard, xylophone, or drum to create simple sounds.

7️⃣ Target training 🎯: Train your chicken to peck at a target (such as a colored dot or the end of a target stick) on command.

8️⃣ Discrimination task 🌈: Teach your chicken to choose between several different colored or types of objects.

9️⃣ Step up and down ⬆️⬇️: Teach your chicken to step up onto your hand or a raised platform and then step down on command.

🔟 Dancing 💃: Train your chicken to dance on a platform.

Whether it's watching them spin in a circle, soar onto a perch on command, or cleverly pick out the correct colored object among a set, teaching your chicken these 10 tricks is guaranteed to be a joyful experience for both of you. 🎉🐔

With a bit of patience, a dash of creativity, and a handful of their favorite treats for motivation, you'll be bonding with your feathered friend in a whole new way, while marveling at their cleverness. 🌟💞🐔

28/03/2023

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24/03/2023

Woo hoo! I still get happy when one of my chickens learns her first trick! 🤩 🐔

Now that Jazz knows how to 'Target' (peck) the spoon, I can use this simple trick to teach her many other tricks. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

She is also beginning to understand that she needs to DO something to get the reward, making teaching her other tricks a lot easier. 👍

(This video is part of the Chicken Tricks Academy - Novice Trainer course.)

23/03/2023

Here are 20 famously fun names for chickens: 😊 🐓

🥚Cluck Norris
🥚Hennifer Lopez
🥚Dolly Part-hen
🥚Eggbert
🥚Attila the Hen
🥚Chikira
🥚Yolko Ono
🥚Albert Eggstein
🥚Mother Clucker
🥚Foghorn Leghorn
🥚Amelia Egghart
🥚Chick Jagger
🥚Bawk Obama
🥚Oprah Henfrey
🥚Eggs Benedict
🥚Eggscalibur
🥚Drumstick Diva
🥚Feather Locklear
🥚Chickaletta
🥚Hen Solo

Get creative and come up with your own punny or amusing names for your chicken based on its personality, appearance, or your personal interests.

Have you got a chicken with a fun name? 🤩 🐔

21/03/2023

My chickens have trained me to do lots of things! 😀 🐓 Have yours?

23/01/2023

The Coop. A special place to be. 😍🐓

This popped up in my Facebook memories today. I originally posted it 3 years ago today.
I've reposted it a couple of times since then but it still explains my relationship with the Grumps better than anything.

Coop:
Noun - A structure to house poultry
Example "Put the chickens in their COOP"

Around here "heading out to the coop" is a fairly common saying. Its synonymous with "be back in an hour" or "I'm going to unwind" or "I really can't people right now".

My coop has played an important role in my life over the past few years. It was the first project that my then boyfriend, Don and I worked on together. We built it from the ground up. It was not always smooth! Lol it took longer than anticipated but when it was complete it would withstand any predator (and most natural disasters!) I learned that my guy was thorough and he cared.
When I saw him saying goodnight to each little fluffy butt on their first scary evening in their new big coop I knew I had a keeper.

Sitting in the coop talking to the chickens has been my thing ever since. It's my place to think or to just go blank and enjoy watching the chickens live their lives. Not every memory from the coop is a good one. I've held many dying chickens in that coop. I've found some dead with no warning that anything was wrong. At first that made me feel so inadequate that I hadn't noticed and I felt that I must have missed my opportunity to fix them. I've realized after many years that you can't always cure them and the best you can do is to feed them a healthy diet, with lots of clean water, exercise, love, sunshine and a safe place to run to. Which, ironically, is the best you can do for yourself as well.

One cold December evening I was in the coop tending to a sick chicken. I was feeling guilty that I hadn't noticed her because I hadn't been around much. I'd been with my dad as he wasn't well. He was nearing the end of his fight with Alzheimer's disease. Don came out to the coop to get me. I could tell from the look in his eyes that something horrible had happened. I shook my head and said "No, I'm not leaving" because I knew that when I stepped out that door my life was going to be different. As I stood there in the coop holding a chicken Don told me that my dad was gone.

A few years later when I quit my longtime, pack a day smoking habit and I was struggling through a craving I would head to the coop. The smells there were more intense than when I had smoked. Dirt, wood shavings, dust, chicken food and p**p all mingled together. It was my little slice of heaven and a few deep breaths gave me the strength I needed to get past that urge.

A couple of years ago I got home from work and Don told me that Miss Kitty -one of my older girls-wasn't doing very well. As I rushed to get my coop boots and coat on I was firing questions at him to try to determine what might be wrong. Is she fluffed up? Is she moving around? Have you seen her eat? P**p? His answer to everything was "You'll just have to look at her". I was more than a little annoyed with him by the time I got to the coop and flung the door open. There was Miss Kitty standing in her Condo cage looking very healthy to me. I turned back to Don and he said look closer. There, hanging from a ribbon draped around her neck was a ring. I turned back to him again and he was on one knee.

And so the happy memories in my coop layer onto the sad ones and make them bearable and they all spin into a thread that weaves my story. For me "coop" is not a noun...its not a person, place or thing...

Coop:
Verb - a state of being
Coop on.

11/01/2023

Training chickens can really help to improve your animal training skills. 🐴🐶🐹🐰🦊🐓

This not-for-profit organisation usually produces therapy dogs but its trainers are teaching chickens all kinds of agility skills, including weaving through sticks and walking a plank, in an effort to school staff on new approaches to training animals.

15/11/2022

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14/09/2022

Cotton knows what he wants! 🐓 Gimme more of that! 😁