This egg company got actual hens to shoot its newest ad campaign
Vital Farms created a custom-built camera so we could get a chicken’s-eye view of where its eggs come from.
Historically, the study of animal cognitive intelligence has been focused on mammals and primates. The phrase “complex intelligence” has rarely been discussed in the same sentence as the common chicken. And yet, over the last few years, there has been more revelatory scientific research into chicken cognition and behavior that shows these animals can be deceptive and cunning, have communication skills on par with some primates, and when making decisions, take into account their own prior experience and knowledge surrounding the situation.