{"id":8306,"date":"2014-06-21T18:47:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T18:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=8306"},"modified":"2014-06-21T18:52:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T18:52:59","slug":"could-a-chicken-be-colour-blind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=8306","title":{"rendered":"Could a chicken be colour blind?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have noticed an odd thing with Emerald. Emerald can’t see sunflower hearts. We have had the new girls for two weeks now. I have the habit of giving what I call the “scratch treat” in the morning and evening. In the winter they get corn in the evening as digesting it helps keep them warm and in the morning they get sunflower hearts or dried meal worms. In the summer it’s the reverse with corn in the morning and sunflower hearts or dried meal worms in the evening.\u00a0They also have greens mid morning and fruit mid afternoon.<\/p>\n

Emerald very quickly sussed out the treats system and is the only one that jumps to the coop roof as soon as I open the store cabinet where the treats are. But on the days when I throw out some sunflower hearts she bounds out eagerly and then while the other girls tuck in she looks around as if to say “where are they?”<\/p>\n

If I then throw out some dried meal worms or corn she is straight on to it. When I told my husband he said that perhaps she didn’t like sunflower hearts. I explained that it wasn’t that because she has never tried them as she can’t find them. I demonstrated to him several times and the same thing happens every time.<\/p>\n

Today I thought I would see if I could show it in photos. I took these photos in quick succession.<\/p>\n

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I throw out the sunflower hearts and all the girls hoover them up except for Emerald at the back of the photo<\/p><\/div>\n

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I can almost read her mind saying “where are they?”<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Emerald<\/a>

Emerald doesn’t see the sunflower seeds<\/p><\/div>\n

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I then throw out some dried meal worms and Emerald joins in straight away<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Now<\/a>

Now Emerald can see them<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Emerald<\/a>

Emerald happily joins in<\/p><\/div>\n

It is exactly the same each time. If I throw out sunflower hearts she runs out eagerly with the other girls then looks around in total confusion. As soon as I throw out either meal worms or corn she falls straight on them.<\/p>\n

I really don’t think she can see the sunflower hearts. I wonder if anyone else has come across anything like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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