Pick our chicken calendar template for the month of May and we will donate $1 to the Ybor Chicken Society! We love our chickens here at Corwin, and we just want to help our neighbors. The girls that are featured are Bubbles (white) and Blossom (brown) and they were adopted by our Marketing Director. ?

5 Reasons to Appreciate Chickens

Ask anyone with a flock of chickens (from backyard to farmyard) and they will break your preconceived notions of our closest link to the T-Rex. We put together our favorite chicken facts for you:

1. Chickens are omnivores:

Many people think chickens are vegetarians, but besides eating seeds, grass and grain, they will catch and eat insects, lizards, toad and even field mice.

2. Chickens have great memories & can recognize over 100 faces:

Everyone with backyard chickens can attest to the fact that their chickens know them and each member of their family. They can even recognize different animals too, such as your dogs and cats. Chickens also remember places and different members of their flock, even after months apart.

3. Chickens have strong color vision:

Many believe that chickens have poor vision and are colorblind, but, in fact, their color vision is better than humans due to a well-organized eye with five types of light receptors enabling them to see many colors in any given part of the retina.

4. Chickens have complex communication with specific meanings:

Chickens are capable of at least 30 different vocalizations and each one means something specific. They alert each other to food, call young chicks, purr in contentment and warn other flock members of predators. Mother hens even talk to their babies when they are still in the egg with soft purrs. The unborn chicks respond with soft, high-pitched peeps.

5. Chickens are a lot smarter than you think:

Recent studies have shown that chickens are intelligent creatures with many traits similar to those of primates. Chickens can demonstrate complex problem-solving skills and have super-sensory powers (such as telescopic eyesight and almost 360-degree vision like owls). They comprehend cause and effect, pass on their knowledge, demonstrate self-control and even worry.

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About the Ybor Chicken Society:

Ybor City is a historic neighborhood in Tampa, Florida, famous for cigars and the local chickens that have called it home for over 100 years. Due to our growing city, there has been a need to provide a sanctuary for the injured, ill, lost and even abandoned chickens. Ybor Chicken Society has met this challenge and needs monetary support to continue the cause of helping our feathered friends. The girls pictured here will be featured on one of our calendar templates next month. They were abandoned but adopted by one of Corwin’s own peeps due to the care received at the sanctuary. 

Follow for fun updates:

@YborChickenSociety @YborMisfitsMicrosanctuary

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