UPI – A British Columbia chicken has earned a Guinness World Record for identifying different numbers, colours, and letters.
Gabriola Island veterinarian Emily Carrington bought five Hyline chickens last year to produce eggs and soon started training the hens to recognise magnetic letters and numbers.
“Their job was to peck only the number or letter I taught them and ignore the others,” Carrington told a news outlet. “Even if I add a whole bunch of other letters that aren’t the one they are supposed to peck, they will just peck the letter I trained them to peck.”
Carrington decided to have all of her chickens attempt the Guinness World Records title for the most tricks by a chicken in one minute.
One of the chickens, Lacy, emerged as the clear winner of the flock, correctly identifying six letters, numbers and colours in one minute.
The focused nature of the tricks led Guinness World Records to create a new category for Lacy: the most identifications by a chicken in one minute.
Carrington, who chronicles the training of her chickens on her YouTube channel, The Thinking Chicken, said she is glad the category highlights Lacy’sintelligence.
