Can chickens have mental problems like what humans can?

Question

Can chickens have mental problems like what humans can?

Answer 1

Of course, any living being with a brain no matter what the size can have mental problems. Not the same problems as humans, but yes they can problems. What a strange question...

Answer 2

Yes of course why not, I have seen a chicken run around in circles and banging into pillars, and no it was not blind, on top of that, it tried to attack my dog, it nearly bit its tail out, as if that wasnt enough, it started behaving like a dog, and tried to go bark like a dog but ended up sounding like pucof, pucof,, man that chicken was crazy, but tasted like heaven when we had a barbecue.. so thats that..

Answer 3

The only apparent mental problem I can think of is their complete lack of intelligence. Har har.

Jokes aside, all animals have the potential for mental problems - Although they do not manifest themselves in the same way that human problems do.

Answer 4

Well I did hear about a story of two chickens talking to each other.

One chicken said

"are you worried about this bird flu ?"

The other chicken replies

"Not really. It wont affect me because I am a cow"

Answer 5

Yes.

Watch this.

Answer 6

Yes they can and usually do in the factory farms where they're driven insane by the conditions.

Watch this movie if you have some time:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...

Answer 7

well, if they are forced to live with you then, yes, one suspects

Answer 8

My pet chicken wants a breast reduction - that mental enough?

Answer 9

Hi matt,

The answer is NO. Because chickens have a brain size equivalent to that of a politician they are immune from feeelings and logical functioning.