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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by fransje26 on Thursday February 20, 2025 @09:40AM (#43115217)
> Chickens are very sweet animals, and are quite intelligent.

They did tests on chickens, and apparently they understand the concept of showing restraint on a current action, with the view on having a larger reward later.

Something along the lines of: "If you don't eat these grains now, we'll reward you with twice as many grains later".

That's something that dogs can't do, for instance.

Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by echoangle on Thursday February 20, 2025 @10:31AM (#43115876)
Maybe the dog just values immediate reward higher even though it understands it could get even more later? How would you control for that?