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    Comment by 'DaphneDakini' in article 'What Happens When Chickens Molt?'

    Talking regularly to our birds is essential. Letting them know they are part of the family and their needs matter helps them feep safe to communicate those needs to us through body language. Yep: BODY LANGUAGE is the prime way of understanding Animals. Our cockerel os so good at communicating...
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    Comment by 'DaphneDakini' in article 'What Happens When Chickens Molt?'

    Sometimes at night our little silkie; who is an adolescent and has some hromonal shifts taking place, gets upset and starts making upset sounds. We then just have her flutter her wings off and on for a few minutes and she calms down straight away. She is thankful we do not get upset with her...
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    Comment by 'DaphneDakini' in article 'What Happens When Chickens Molt?'

    Sorry, not too accustomed to this reply/thread fprum response system. And English is third language. We always let our chickens get their bugs from their hunts. We even bring them to some settings where we know they will find certain slugs, and insects everytime. This is important because if we...
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    Comment by 'DaphneDakini' in article 'What Happens When Chickens Molt?'

    The highest calcium seed is sesame seeds, unhulled white seeds, they LOVE them.
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    Comment by 'DaphneDakini' in article 'What Happens When Chickens Molt?'

    I have found that molting happens more when the weather is too hot. It also happens when the birds are stressed for varying reasons as mentioned above. Keeping as balanced and sensitive a life as possible and that same applies to and extends out to how we treat our birds, is essential in...
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    Comment by 'DaphneDakini' in article 'How To Tame Chickens from the Start'

    Wonderful sharing! I would add that as we pay attention to them when they are young & growing, we begin also to discover their way of communication. Each bird has a different & distinct personality which we can observe from the time we see them growing into their own unique individual. One...
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    Is Two Chickens Too Little?

    Well, what happens if one of those two die or ??
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