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    UPDATED: Is my 9-week-old pullet a cockeral?

    Dusty is mightily handsome. ;)
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    New member, raising some therapy project chickens, out in Minnesota!

    Chickens learn surprisingly fast and are particularly good at visual discrimination. All domesticated or semi-domesticated critters can be trained using operant conditioning, to some degree. There's a woman I know who has successfully trained *goldfish* to retrieve, using worm treats, using a...
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    Anxiety about moving chicks into coop?

    Yep, I have three new pullets who got to endure (!) both a move away from their pens, into a new urban coop with a run. Holy changes, Batman. There's been lots of chirping, but they are eating well, drinking well, and adjusting. Right now, they're hiding in the coop and not exploring too far...
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    New member, raising some therapy project chickens, out in Minnesota!

    Thanks! They do train really well. There's a legendary operant conditioning trainer -- for dogs -- who perfects other trainers' clicker training ability by making them practice with chickens. Nothing will hone your clicker skills and chaining skills like working with chickens: speed...
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    New member, raising some therapy project chickens, out in Minnesota!

    Howdy! New to the flock, not entirely new to chickens, but new to raising them here in Minnesota and in an urban setting. Fun times! We just moved in three young pullets into their new digs yesterday -- a calm New Hampshire, a mellow black cochin, and a spirited little wellie. As...
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