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If someone could work out a way to produce chickens that can be reliably toilet-trained they would make great pets. They're pretty smart, can be very friendly
by gadders 1y ago
If someone could work out a way to produce chickens that can be reliably toilet-trained they would make great pets.
They're pretty smart, can be very friendly and (not many people know this) they actually smell nice - kind of like a new puppy smell.
- gambiting 1y ago100x this. If they had control over their pooping(and they don't, and I don't believe they can be trained in any way, it's just how their physiology works), they would be absolutely awesome pets.
- freehorse 1y agoChicken diapers?
- gadders 1y agoPeople have claimed to have done it, but not convinced.
- raverbashing 1y agoThey can't Fun biology fact: birds can't control their n.1 and n.2 because anything that they would potentially store would make them heavier for flight
- LeifCarrotson 1y agoI've observed that they generally choose not to defecate on their eggs, and they spend a lot of time in their nests, so they at least have some awareness if not control of the process. I'm skeptical that they can be considered "pretty smart" - your expected intelligence level has to be pretty low to be surprised by a chicken's brain. If you anticipate little more than an unfeeling, unthinking plant - yeah, they've got emotional and social capacity, will bond with humans, and they can occasionally be clever when sufficiently motivated, but they're not the sharpest bulbs in the barn.
- gadders 1y ago>>I've observed that they generally choose not to defecate on their eggs This is a fair point. My coop has 6 nesting boxes, and it definitely seems as if one or two are designated "toilet cubicles". >>I'm skeptical that they can be considered "pretty smart" By "pretty smart" I'm not talking dolphins or chimps. I think they are at least as smart as a comparative pet such as a rabbit or a guinea pig. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-startling-intelligence-of-the-common-chicken1/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-startling-int...
- Elaris 1y agoI saw a video where someone put a baby’s diaper on a chicken. It actually looked quite hygienic and kind of funny too.
- stronglikedan 1y agoDo they have a sphincter? Ducks don't which is why no one has worked out how to toilet train them - it's physically impossible - despite keeping them as pets anyway.