Chicken School

What will my chickens Bleo, Goldig, La Comtesse + Castaña be able to learn? Clicker training inspired by chicken camp videos. #ChickenSchool 🐓🐓🐓🐓

[ETHOlogisch @ETHOlogisch]

Anissa Dudde hat sich in ihrer Doktorarbeit mit dem Verhalten und der Lernfähigkeit von Legehennen auseinandergesetzt. Mit uns hat sie über ihre Forschung gesprochen – und darüber, warum Hühner in ihren Augen mehr Achtung verdienen.

@Loeffler_News

https://t.co/lhupG1DLye

[Chicken School @MyChickenSchool]

Chicken Castaña has put on her pink vest.
Protest against intensive poultry farming! #ChickensInPinkVest #StopBatteryHens
#GardenHens #BackyardChickens #Chickens
@omlet

[Mechthild @MechthildHa]

La poule Castaña a mis son gilet rose.
Protestation contre l'élevage industriel des poules ! #PoulesDeJardin #StopPoulesEnCage #Poules
#PoulesLRK #LeRelecqKerhuon

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Picture taken with an automatic camera installed in the hen house.
#Bleo a #CreamLegbar chicken, #Castana a #RhodeIslandChicken and La #Comtesse a #WyandotteChicken discussing something, when they think I don't watch them? 😁🐓🐓🐓 #Chickens

[Mechthild @MechthildHa]

Qu'est-ce que c'est ? Trouvé dans mon jardin. #Devinette
Was ist das? In meinem Garten gefunden. #Rätsel
Hva er dette? Funnet i min hage. #Gåte
What is this? Found in my garden. #Riddle
😁😉😊
#LeRelecqKerhuon #Finistère #Bretagne

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Every evening my #chickens wait for me to say goodnight at the entrance of their bedroom before they go inside to sleep on the perch
#Goldig #Castana #Bleo #Comtesse
Bleo + Goldig are #CreamLegbar chickens, Castaña is a #RhodeIslandChicken and la Comtesse is a #WyandotteChicken

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On the Film-Tier-Ranch (Film Animal Ranch) of @RHiltl near Munich animals are trained to play a part in films. They also train chickens. Here is a video showing chickens who have learned a lot of different tasks:
https://t.co/bkQLvLXygM
#Chickens #Poules #Hühner #ChickenSchool 🐓

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#Bleo has learned to peck on the orange dot on the keyboard. Will she be able to learn to play a short melody?
#Chickens #Poules #CreamLegbar #ChickenSchool #EcoleDesPoules

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We humans have automatic street lighting, my #chickens had #Blålig to turn on the light. Some weeks after Blålig started to switch on the light when it got dark, her fellow chickens found out that they could walk around in the #chicken house until Blålig went to sleep.

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There is a solar lamp in the hen house connected to a movement sensor so there will be light when I close the hatch in the evening.
#Blålig found out that she could turn on the light by moving continuously on the perch below the lamp. She discharged the battery several times.

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Here is my #chicken #Blålig. Unfortunately Blålig and her fellow chickens were killed by a stray dog. Blålig inspired me to start the #ChickenSchool #EcoleDesPoules
These photos show Blålig discovering how to drink water from a bottle. And later... See Tweet 2/3 and 3/3

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Two days ago #chicken #Bleo trained pecking on the two memory cards "frog" among eight cards. I use the German word "Frosch" to prompt Bleo to peck on the frog. Bleo is learning very fast 🐓🙂
#ChickenSchool #EcoleDesPoules

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#ChickenSchool #EcoleDesPoules
Goal 1: Pecking on the frog. Reward: Dried mealworms
1.#Bleo can already find the frog among all memory cards
2.#Goldig trains with 2 cards
3.#Comtesse is afraid, she trains pecking from my hand
4.#Castaña looks around, not interested in mealworms