Click with Your Chick: A Complete Chicken Training Course Using the Clicker

by Giene Keyes

Overview

Chickens Are Smarter Than You Think Your chicken can do anything a dog can do if you train it right! Hens and roosters can be ordered go to the coop, perch on your arm, come when called, and generally respond and behave as you wish. This book presents an effective training program to get domesticated chickens to follow a variety of commands. Animal behavior specialist Giene Keyes shows how to use the positive reinforcement of clicker training to effectively manage your flock. Giene explains how a chicken thinks and socializes, expanding the range of what you may know about communicating with animals. Dog owners especially will find that working with chickens helps sharpen observation and timing skills that keep your animal engaged. Training chickens is fun too! Amaze your friends as your birds perform tricks like circling a cone, turning around, sitting down, and recognizing colors and patterns. Inside Click with Your Chick · Understand and connect with your chickens to effectively manage your flock · Clicker-train your chickens to follow fun and practical commands · Discover how a chicken thinks and socializes, and how to make that knowledge work in your favor · Learn how to use operant conditioning, luring, and positive training methods on hens and roosters · Gain insight for training any animal by improving observation skills and timing

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620083451
Publisher:	CompanionHouse Books
Publication date:	05/01/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	35 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Giene Keyes is a certified professional dog trainer and the owner of Dog Face, an award-winning dog training school in Southern Wisconsin. Giene has spent decades teaching pets good manners. An animal behavior specialist, AKC Canine Good Citizen program evaluator and a 4-H judge, she works with veterinarians, rescue groups and shelters evaluating dogs for adoption, developing aggression management programs, and educating staff. Giene provides behavior consultations for service dog organizations and rescue groups, leads seminars on animal training and team building, and writes for pet magazines about animal training.

Table of Contents

• Why would I want to train my chicken? • Getting to know your chicken • Bird Brains – Understanding Chicken Behavior • Social Creatures – Training your flock vs Individuals • How to get started – What you’ll need • My chicken approach • Operant Conditioning • Classical Conditioning • Target Training • Discrimination • Cueing • Timing • Rate of Reinforcement • Criteria • Chaining • Problem Solving – When your chicken is uninterested • Tricks o Go to Coop o Perch on your arm o Come when called

Interviews

I get quite a few notices about new books that are available and Click With Your Chick certainly caught my attention. The book is written by Giene Keyes, an animal behaviourist and 4-H leader, published by Fox Chapel Publishing, and available online through Amazon. It costs about $12.

The book is a guide to training chickens to respond to commands. “Chickens are smarter than you think,” says the book’s promo material. “Your chicken can do anything a dog can do if you train it right! Hens and roosters can be ordered go to the coop, perch on your arm, come when called, and generally respond and behave as you wish. This book presents an effective training program to get domesticated chickens to follow a variety of commands.

“Amaze your friends as your birds perform tricks like circling a cone, turning around, sitting down, and recognizing colors and patterns. Inside Click with Your Chick:

Understand and connect with your chickens to effectively manage your flock;
Clicker-train your chickens to follow fun and practical commands;
Discover how a chicken thinks and socializes, and how to make that knowledge work in your favour;
Learn how to use operant conditioning, luring, and positive training methods on hens and roosters; and,
Gain insight for training any animal by improving observation skills and timing.”
ADVERTISEMENT

Who knew chickens had so much training potential? Aside from being fun, is there a practical side to this? Yes. You have a whole year to get your flock trained and next July you can amaze thousands at Ag in Motion with your chicken training demonstration. Forget gentle cattle handling, sheep dogs, and attracting calves to creep feeders, trained chickens will be the feature of the show.

The book jacket doesn’t say whether the training technique works with humans, but I suspect it is worth trying clicker training with your kids or spouse — fetch, come, stay, roll over, sit. Really, is there anything that could go wrong with that?

From Grain News Magazine

Editorial Reviews

I get quite a few notices about new books that are available and Click With Your Chick certainly caught my attention. The book is written by Giene Keyes, an animal behaviourist and 4-H leader, published by Fox Chapel Publishing, and available online through Amazon. It costs about $12. The book is a guide to training chickens to respond to commands. "Chickens are smarter than you think," says the book's promo material. "Your chicken can do anything a dog can do if you train it right! Hens and roosters can be ordered go to the coop, perch on your arm, come when called, and generally respond and behave as you wish. This book presents an effective training program to get domesticated chickens to follow a variety of commands. "Amaze your friends as your birds perform tricks like circling a cone, turning around, sitting down, and recognizing colors and patterns. Inside Click with Your Chick: Understand and connect with your chickens to effectively manage your flock; Clicker-train your chickens to follow fun and practical commands; Discover how a chicken thinks and socializes, and how to make that knowledge work in your favour; Learn how to use operant conditioning, luring, and positive training methods on hens and roosters; and, Gain insight for training any animal by improving observation skills and timing." ADVERTISEMENT Who knew chickens had so much training potential? Aside from being fun, is there a practical side to this? Yes. You have a whole year to get your flock trained and next July you can amaze thousands at Ag in Motion with your chicken training demonstration. Forget gentle cattle handling, sheep dogs, and attracting calves to creep feeders, trained chickens will be the feature of the show. The book jacket doesn't say whether the training technique works with humans, but I suspect it is worth trying clicker training with your kids or spouse -- fetch, come, stay, roll over, sit. Really, is there anything that could go wrong with that? From Grain News Magazine - Grain News Magazine

From the Publisher

I get quite a few notices about new books that are available and Click With Your Chick certainly caught my attention. The book is written by Giene Keyes, an animal behaviourist and 4-H leader, published by Fox Chapel Publishing, and available online through Amazon. It costs about $12. The book is a guide to training chickens to respond to commands. “Chickens are smarter than you think,” says the book’s promo material. “Your chicken can do anything a dog can do if you train it right! Hens and roosters can be ordered go to the coop, perch on your arm, come when called, and generally respond and behave as you wish. This book presents an effective training program to get domesticated chickens to follow a variety of commands. “Amaze your friends as your birds perform tricks like circling a cone, turning around, sitting down, and recognizing colors and patterns. Inside Click with Your Chick: Understand and connect with your chickens to effectively manage your flock; Clicker-train your chickens to follow fun and practical commands; Discover how a chicken thinks and socializes, and how to make that knowledge work in your favour; Learn how to use operant conditioning, luring, and positive training methods on hens and roosters; and, Gain insight for training any animal by improving observation skills and timing.” ADVERTISEMENT Who knew chickens had so much training potential? Aside from being fun, is there a practical side to this? Yes. You have a whole year to get your flock trained and next July you can amaze thousands at Ag in Motion with your chicken training demonstration. Forget gentle cattle handling, sheep dogs, and attracting calves to creep feeders, trained chickens will be the feature of the show. The book jacket doesn’t say whether the training technique works with humans, but I suspect it is worth trying clicker training with your kids or spouse — fetch, come, stay, roll over, sit. Really, is there anything that could go wrong with that? From Grain News Magazine

Grain News Magazine