How Many Faces Can a Chicken Recognize?
That’s a great question, especially if you are a chicken owner. If you’re wondering if your chicken recognizes you or its chicken peers, you’re in luck! Chickens can recognize up to 100 faces, including human faces (source).
Chickens even have long-term memory. So, if you’ve gone away on vacation or your chicken got lost for a few weeks, it should still recognize you!
There’s also some fun evidence that chickens prefer looking at beautiful humans (source). Yep, a study found that chickens preferred looking at faces that were more consistent with human preferences. Weird!