Whoever said chickens are not smart?

Chickens appear to be very teachable and likely would make faithful pets (We have enough pets at Lazy Day Farm and were hoping for some egg production). We will see how things progress. The birds are about 14 weeks old - not quite ready for laying yet, although we have one Australorpe hen that might be maturing a bit faster than others.

They seem to be observant and more than active. It's difficult to get a photograph since their heads are in constant motion.... but i noticed these Black Australorpes found my shoe laces interesting. Both shoes were untied in no time.