I don't fully understand how to test forms, type etc doesn't seem to be working

Hello there,

I'm trying to write some tests for some forms on my application, but I run into the problem that I can't really access any input fields.

First I tried Laravel Dusk but this is way to slow, each time I run "php artisan dusk" it takes like 10-20 seconds to boot up the chromium and run the test. Also, I run into the same issues with dusk as I do with Browserkit Testing.

So long story short, I use Browserkit Testing and I have to following setup:

    /** @test */
    public function user_can_search_for_pigeons()
    {
        $user = factory(User::class)->create();
        $pigeon = Pigeon::create([
            'father_id'         => 2,
            'mother_id'         => 3,
            'ringnumber'        => 186161207,
            'ringnumber_father' => 166021406,
            'ringnumber_mother' => 156285684,
            'name'              => 'Node',
            'gender'            => 'male',
            'color'             => null,
            'landcode'          => 'BE',
            'user_id'           => 1,
            'sold'              => null,
        ]);
        $pigeon = Pigeon::create([
            'father_id'         => 4,
            'mother_id'         => 5,
            'ringnumber'        => 166021406,
            'ringnumber_father' => 076031645,
            'ringnumber_mother' => 116115406,
            'name'              => 'Parent M',
            'gender'            => 'male',
            'color'             => null,
            'landcode'          => 'BE',
            'user_id'           => 1,
            'sold'              => null,
        ]);
        $pigeon = Pigeon::create([
            'father_id'         => 6,
            'mother_id'         => 7,
            'ringnumber'        => 156285684,
            'ringnumber_father' => '086201725',
            'ringnumber_mother' => 136056622,
            'name'              => 'Parent F',
            'gender'            => 'female',
            'color'             => null,
            'landcode'          => 'BE',
            'user_id'           => 1,
            'sold'              => null,
        ]);

        $response = $this->actingAs($user)
                    ->visit('/pigeon');

        $response->type('Node', 'ps');
        $response->press('Search');
        $response->seePageIs('/search/pigeon?q=Node');
    }

And my form

<form action="{{ route('search.pigeons') }}" method="GET">
    <div class="no-gutters">
        <div class="input-group input-group-sm">
            <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroup-sizing-sm"><i class="fas fa-search"></i></span>
            </div>
            <input class="form-control" type="text" name="ps" id="pigeon_search" placeholder="Search pigeons" value="{{ request()->input('pigeon_search', old('pigeon_search')) }}">
            <select class="form-control" type="search" name="column">
                    <option
                        value=""
                        disabled hidden>
                        Pick a column
                    </option>
                    <option
                        value="name" selected
                        @if(old('column') == 'name') selected @endif>
                        Name
                    </option>
                    <option
                        value="ringnumber"
                        @if(old('column') == 'ringnumber') selected @endif>
                        Ringnumber
                    </option>
                    <option
                        value="landcode"
                        @if(old('column') == 'landcode') selected @endif>
                        Landcode
                    </option>
                </select>
            <div class="input-group-append">
                <button class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary no-border-radius-left" type="submit" style="z-index: 1;">{{ __('Search') }}</button>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</form>
@if(strpos(url()->current(), 'search') !== false)
<a href="{{ route('pigeon.index') }}">{{ __('Cancel Search') }}</a> @endif

Each time I run this test I get the following error:

1) Tests\Feature\PigeonListUserCanSearch::user_can_search_for_pigeons
InvalidArgumentException: Unreachable field "ps"

But the name of the input field is ps, I don't understand why it can't find it. I'm getting my information straight from the Browserkit Testing github page https://github.com/laravel/browser-kit-testing#interacting-with-forms