People force chickens into tiny enclosures in huge groups so they eat away all plants and bugs.
Pecking order becomes about basic access to food instead of first dibs on the good bits. Antisocial habits like cannibalism may also develop.
Then they call chickens stupid.
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Given sustainable area to forage and good treatment, chickens are unbelievably sweet birds. And cleverer than many dog breeds.
But yeah. Chickens stupid. Humans smart.
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People often claim that intelligence isn't something they use to determine the value of other beings.
This doesn't add up with the evidence.
Why is every instance of systematic cruelty - ever seen a chicken plant? - predicated on the idea that the victims are stupid?
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I knew a woman who let her chickens go semi feral. They started to look like game cocks. She lent a Rooster to the farm I worked at. He was not rapey at all and had a special call when he saw a hawk.
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When he made the call all the hens would run under the eaves of the farm house. He also would find food and call the hens to it. I hardly ever saw him eat. He was always keeping watch.
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Wow. Tidbitting, warning calls and self-sacrifice are bare minimum rooster behaviours. No wonder people think they're stupid - they're fucking them up!
Aggression/rapey behaviour seems to be more contingent on breed and socialization. But the rest is 100% on the farmer.