By Giene Keyes
During chicken training, we are going to use positive reinforcement. It’s unlikely that a chicken would learn anything from negative reinforcement or negative punishment — more likely, she would just shake a tail feather and walk away. Plus, we don’t want to train our chickens — or any animals — through punishment. Studies show that chickens have good memories and will avoid situations that they remember as negative or dangerous. So, positive training it is! This term is used rather broadly, so I’m going to break it down to relate to our chicken training.