Not surprisingly, chickens and dogs have similar motivations when it comes to learning new tricks: food. Even humans are admittedly happy to perform tasks if there's a food reward. Take a look how to make your chickens more organized and obedient by ensuring that they'll listen to you when called:
How to Do it
The first step is to choose a treat that your chickens love. Make sure to use a treat that can be spread around. Treats that typically work well are mealworms, bird seed or even dry cereal.
Next, you need to start a routine. If you think how you usually go about interacting with your chickens, you might see a similar chain of events every time.
After that, you need to choose a chicken call. Make sure that you choose something that is obviously different from your regular voice. Some people like to use a bell or other noise maker. However, most people choose to simply whistle or make a noise with their voice.
Now you are ready to try it all out! Start by dropping a little bit of the treat where they are standing so they know you have something delicious. Then use your chicken call. Once they are done eating, walk over to the coop while dropping a little bit of the treat behind you. Make sure to keep using the chicken call. Repeat this every evening or whenever you need to gather them.
If you have more than one coop or would like to keep your flocks separated, you will need to adjust your training strategy a little. Make sure to choose a different call for each coop.
The more you interact with your birds, the more they will trust you and do what you ask them.
If your chickens are pecking at your garden and you don’t want or have the room for a fence, you can train them to stay away. Sit by your garden while your chickens are grazing, and scare them away when they near the garden.
Have you been able to train your chickens to come when you call them? Did you follow a similar method to the one above?
Article Source: Off The Grid News
Stephanie Ann
Ami
Anyone with chickens already figured this out. City people…..geeze.
Brenda Shaffer
My chickens come when called. My kids laugh at me because I go outside and yell, “roll call” and they all come running.
Daniel Tyler
Carrianne, use bread?
Lacey Dinning
Mabey teach them a command to start laying eggs to.
Mary Sedani Joseph
Dustin Bright
Teresa Pierce
Maggie Cain
Pak Doc
Amanda Simons
Yes my old chickens responddd to “num nums” aka treats lol
Karen Yocis Schaeffner
Lmfao its called feeding at one time an place hell chickens will even put thrmselves to roost in apen
James Hollingsworth train up your chickens.
“Now come to your doom”
Karen Yocis Schaeffner which one is Kevin?
Exactly! My birds are all over me the second i step in the yard.
Ive got a bronze breast turkey that follows me l8ke a dog an chickens eat out of my habd
But they dont know when shtf there. In a pot
Everyone. Needs at least ten hens one rooster. About 8. 9 eggs a day an let 2 sit on hatch have 50 60 bye following year
Tessa Teel
All I have to do is shake the mealworm bag.
Tessa Teel is that a naughty reference?
Raul Ramos
Ember Montunnas
Kari Zimmer for next year
damn yardbirds
Darold Willis
Wondering if I could get Steele to come using this???
David Burwell Evelyn Marie Burwell (Evie) Donna Burwell
Cody Rogers Alexander
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Doug Nelson
Carrie Lynn Hennig
Roxi Jackson
Jess Hansen
Jim Quigs
They come when I yell chickey chickey cuz they know I must have a treat for them.
Kate Karow
Julie Van Vuuren
Timothy Kraft
Aileen Simblet. I bet you do this already
Here chicky chicky works just fine.. you walk with chicken feed sprinkle.. here chicky chicky.. walk a couple steps.. sprinkle here chicky chicky.. then eventually they will come to chicky chicky.
I just have to open my front door or pull up in the car to get them to come
Lol you love on then don’t you.
I can pet mine