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Fun video about training chickens to do various behaviors, such as play a xylophone and jump through a hoop.

Chickens are wonderful to train— they are VERY food motivated! Show these videos to the next person that thinks that a chicken is nothing more than a brainless wad of meat.

Be sure to check out the related videos. While I haven’t done this level of training with mine, I could easily if I put a little time into it. They offer many behaviors and will do nearly anything for a favorite treat, so it wouldn’t take long.

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PEEPS.

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One of their favorite treats, dried mealworms (bleh!). They love it though

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she’s beauty shes grace, shes miss united states

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Checking the tag for this blog fills me with hope for humanity.

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You better recognize.

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Turnip feels taller standing on my shoulder.

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"Thunderous Tides"Moa, a Barred Plymouth Rock and also the boss hen of my flock, is tremendous in her girth. At times she is truly large beyond imagination, and is seen here emerging from the ocean. Don’t be jealous of her thunderous thighs! The gulls are in no danger. She is too rotund to give chase. Corel Painter, acrylic brush. Have a mighty need for a print?

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Dot is the prettiest chicken. (Source.)

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Fluffy Chicken Saved From Laboratory Becomes Best Friends With Abandoned Two-legged Chihuahua

These two adorable and unlikely animal friends, Penny the chicken and Roo the two-legged Chihuahua, met each other through Alicia Williams, who works at Duluth Animal Hospital in the U.S. She saved both animals from almost certain death.

Roo was found in a ditch by the side of the road. Because he was found missing two legs, it was suspected that he had been born deformed at a backyard puppy breeder’s home and was abandoned because it would have been difficult to sell him. Penny, a silkie chicken, had been rescued from a laboratory that otherwise would have put her down. “She was an experimental chicken in the program and she had run the course of the experiment, so that was it for her,” Williams told the Gwinnett Daily Post. “I asked if I could have her instead of them doing anything with her. I brought her home.”

The two have developed liking for each other and spend a lot of time together. The animal hospital has taken to publishing the two pals’ antics on their Facebook page, attracting a great deal of attention from animal lovers around the world. Williams even says that clients have scheduled their visits around Penny and Roo’s schedules.

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