I know some of you are Doubting Thomases about training a chicken. So here are 12 photos in a series which should convince you it IS possible. Aretha is my performing chicken. On cue she will Ring The Bell. She does not get a treat if she rings the bell without a cue so she has, in fact, learned to respond to the verbal cue, not just the visual presence of the bell. |
Chicken Clicker-Training |
Am I the only one who remembers a chicken in a box that plays a piano at the county fair? Deposit a nickel, a light comes on, the chicken pecks a "tune" on the piano, and then corn is dispensed to the chicken. C'mon, someone remembers this. |
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last scooped on: 1/25/09
