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#1 11/03/2009 6:36 am
- DWH
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Do chickens get insomnia?
This morning at 5:00 I went out to see about my chickens and my hen was standing up wide awake. Are ther any disieses that could cause this?
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#2 11/03/2009 6:39 am
- DWH
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Re: Do chickens get insomnia?
Also that hen seems to be moulting BUT, she's already moulted this year.
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#3 11/03/2009 6:40 am
- Opa
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Re: Do chickens get insomnia?
That's normal behavior for chickens and nothing to worry about. Chickens don't sleep soundly and the slightest noise will wake them. I think it a genetic survival instinct.
When encountering a problem with chickens stop and think "what would Harlan Sanders do"?
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#4 11/03/2009 6:42 am
- DWH
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Re: Do chickens get insomnia?
O.k. Thanks
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#5 11/03/2009 8:29 pm
- BigSkyChickens
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Re: Do chickens get insomnia?
Every night I open the people door to check chickens, and they are always standing, making quiet little bawk-bawks. I think they do sleep very lightly. Enjoy your chickens. 
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#6 11/03/2009 8:33 pm
Re: Do chickens get insomnia?
Do they make lunesta for chickens?
I can just see butterfly's flying out of the pop door.
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#7 11/03/2009 8:38 pm
Re: Do chickens get insomnia?
"Remember God's sunshine in your heart and soul shine in the Darkness" by Nancy Garry.Jacque & I raise & sell goats, bunnies, turkeys (5 kinds),geese, ducks,guineas, chickens -Speckled sussex,Black Copper Marans,RIR,Barred Rock,Wellsummers,White Leghorns,wheatans,lavendar orps & more on a small farm in Bowdon, GA.
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