https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/chickens virtualsky en-us 23people http://www.23hq.com/resources/um-style/logo-20.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.23hq.com/rss/virtualsky/chickens false https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/96868354 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/96868354"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/67659439/96868354_f7774beb9a07b80a69c5bc1fdb0188bf_standard.jpg" width="460" height="307" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p><b>In Memory Of Our Little Dorothy</b><p>She passed away sometime in the night. One of the very first chicks we hatched on our homestead, back in 2015. She was a beautiful Partridge Chantecler hen, always so friendly. I supposed six and a half years is pretty good for a laying hen on the Saskatchewan prairie.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/virtualskysk">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/virtualskysk</a></p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/96868354 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:40:37 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/96646213 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/96646213"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/67659439/96646213_6493b227d8477131ca06504c234f92b3_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p><b>Clucky Hen</b><p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Taken with my Sharper Image SVC555 low-res "action cam".</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/96646213 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 03:26:47 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/68260053 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/68260053"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/67659475/68260053_3f6c016a5cc1d693d76456e050be5cce_standard.jpg" width="334" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p></p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/68260053 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:54:16 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/68260031 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/68260031"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/67659474/68260031_2d9b7116398c5550a6ec6b0d38097dfe_standard.jpg" width="402" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p></p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/68260031 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:53:24 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/61132279 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/61132279"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/9484741/61132279_e49a0d46279961e8f1d3e802be6d6673_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Waiting for treats.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/61132279 Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:33:52 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/61132275 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/61132275"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/9484740/61132275_9b468aaa9fd2e488815046c16132e4dc_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Henry the rooster.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/61132275 Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:33:38 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/40017223 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/40017223"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/23707326/40017223_89392981376aaa760c2f5a07d9341e77_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Our beautiful Cornish Giants, approaching four and a half months old. They don't call them "giants" for nothing! The weather has been mild, this past week, and they've been enjoying themselves, scratching and scavenging around the yard.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/40017223 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:26:50 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/27872653 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/27872653"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/23707326/27872653_de377244987ee507d823742c0f8f475d_standard.jpg" width="460" height="328" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p><b>Study shows chicken's intelligence to be quite complex</b></p> <p>I'm going into my third year raising chickens, and I can say, without a doubt, that these remarkable animals are more intelligent than we are typically lead to believe. I spend a lot of time with my flock and it amazed me to witness the unique personalities and mannerisms each of my birds possessed. So, it was not a surprise to me to read <a rel="nofollow" href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-016-1064-4"><b>this study</b></a> and it's conclusions.</p> <p>I will not regurgitate all of the interesting information in the study, but I will sum up, in my own words, the concluding findings of the study.</p> <p>1. The intelligence of chickens is on par with many other birds and mammals in the animal kingdom. In other words, they are not stupid, as many people believe.</p> <p>2. Chickens do understand numbers and can do simple arithmetic.</p> <p>3. Chickens exhibit self-control and self-assessment, which are attributes of being self-aware.</p> <p>4. Chickens communicate in complex ways, and could be at the level of other highly intelligent and social mammals, including prime-apes.</p> <p>5. Chickens have the capacity to reason and make logical inferences. This level of intelligence is typically developed by humans by the age of seven years.</p> <p>6. Chickens perceive time intervals and may be able to anticipate future events.</p> <p>7. Chickens are behaviorally sophisticated, and can learn skills from each other, similar to the way humans learn from one another.</p> <p>8. Chickens have feelings, both positive and negative, including empathy, which is shared by humans and other complex animals.</p> <p>9. Chickens have distinct personalities.</p> <p>There is a lot of interesting information in this study and I encourage you to read it for yourself. But, what does this all mean? Well, to me, it means that we have totally underestimated the intelligence and awareness of chickens. If you feel that it is cruel to keep dolphins and whales in captivity, to keep dogs and cats in confined kennels and raised in puppy or kitten mills, then the cruelty done to chickens that are born and raised in a "battery farm" is unfathomable to these poor, mis-understood animals.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Thankfully the Lord has opened my eyes to the wonderment of His creation, and that there's more to these animals than just what they can bring to the dinner plate.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/27872653 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 02:15:58 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/26522348 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/26522348"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/23707332/26522348_4ea10232353e1ca1c3588f5fd7a70c82_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>The crew.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/26522348 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:47:14 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/26522346 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/26522346"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/23707332/26522346_aa5f943ac7cdaa21a5887a415f9f9ffa_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Rusty struts. He's our partridge chatecler rooster, which we raised from a chick.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/26522346 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:47:10 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25620022 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25620022"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/23707326/25620022_456632cf884f0551db6d39e3ae21684a_standard.jpg" width="295" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>One of our roosters, we called Me. Taken with our Instax 50 instant camera.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25620022 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 16:50:11 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25529390 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25529390"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/23707331/25529390_ce89cd70641e0565495ec3ab36d18618_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>The hens we hatched out this spring have begun laying. The small egg is one of their first eggs, next to our standard sized eggs we get from our mature birds.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25529390 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 16:44:04 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151063 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151063"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/23707325/25151063_2ce011a2ed723e00ccbfa18e44f691e0_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>"Lemon" and "Me-Too"</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151063 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:50:01 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151061 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151061"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/23707326/25151061_11d1baa3e805d9088ec58b9edbdf4fe1_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>"Me"</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151061 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:49:59 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151060 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151060"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/23707332/25151060_5be74f7d7fe420a6e6471e9f704b4e36_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>"Raspberry"</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151060 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:49:57 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151059 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151059"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/23707325/25151059_694ce3f1515ce23e0efd62eb86ab67d4_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>"Strawberry"</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151059 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:49:55 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151058 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151058"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/23707330/25151058_0684a9ffd3265f296b2313615aab7ac6_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>"Ray", our newest layer.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/25151058 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:49:53 GMT https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/23359664 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/23359664"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/22282354/23359664_0ca9526468036568d5a4f4b0f51a3963_standard.jpg" width="460" height="288" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>A new life, out on the homestead.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/">virtualsky</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/virtualsky/photo/23359664 Mon, 30 May 2016 13:43:37 GMT