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    UPDATE: Opal took himself outside into the run this week. I couldn't believe it. I looked up at the monitor and he was cautiously walking around. Then he started his roo strut. Yesterday he went out at least 4 different times. He's still spending most of his time inside, but huge progress. I...
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    good idea on the game cam. We started using one last summer. I foget why we started, but chicken tv is part of our daily lives. We have one in the run and one in the coop. I can see 95% of the areas and they have sound. I've haven't witness him bullying or being bullyed. Last year he was a lot...
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    I'm not sure the kind we have. I didn't know there was a difference. I thought all of them had softer skulls so you had to be more careful. So we were/are.
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    I didn't wrap him in bubble wrap, so yeah, he could have. After everyone was eating food, he was on a nice soft base, and we never noticed anything, but it's possible.
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    Yes, I've already thought about that. No breeding for Opal.
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    Tried the chamomile - didn't help. Then life happened (car issues, work issues, someone in the hospital), then talked to someone with an unoffical bird santucuary. I thought they might have ideas. They said chomomile and cat nip would probably be too weak. They suggested valerin. So been doing...
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    First, thank you for making me feel that I'm NOT nuts for thinking this. Hmm...a change in his environment - ok, he went from the house habitat to barn enclosure to the coop (barn enclosure and coop are side by side so they can see each other and interact without touching). In the winter I...
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    I'm familiar with the concept of CBT. No clue how I would apply that to a chicken. I'll add it to my research list.
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    1. I'm not sure I understand the question, but I'll try. He's never been away from his "sibs". We brought home 12 chicks, they've been together since Day 1. No dog. Do have cats - they ignore the chicks when they are in the house. Well, one would sometimes lay near their habitat and purr at...
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    Thank you
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    No I haven't. I'll add that to my list to research. Thank you.
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    I gave his eyes a good look over, and they look the same as the other Silkie Roos. So nothing obvious.
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    No, I have not checked his eyes. Silkies eyes, at least the few we have had, are just big and black. I do make sure his do isn't in his eyes, but I haven't really just looked at his eyes. Good idea. I'll do that. And because he wouldn't go outside and we live in snow country, I keep a feeders...
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    I appreciate the suggestion. Do you know approx how much you give them?
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    I've raised chickens for 17 years and sometimes a band-aid is the best you can do. If giving him something that won't hurt him, but help him relax is the best I can offer him, then I will. But it can also lower his cortisol and allow him to think clearer, and then the work I do with him, has...
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    Just figured out I'm not getting notifications in my email. Sorry for the delay. I'll take a look at my settings. Yes, it could be his personality type or some sort of issue. I'm strongly thinking gentic since he's been this way since the beginning. I've had chickens for about 17 years now, and...
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    I worked for years in a zoo. I know all about anthropomorphizing. I also know about asking questiosn in more laymans terms to be relatable to a large group of people. I also am well trained in observation. I did read the article you suggested and found it interesting, but it has nothing to do...
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    Is there something you can give a chicken to help with anxiety? I'm thinking like Rescue Remedy, but for birds (cause you can't give RR to birds). I have an almost year old silkie roo, who I swear has anxiety issues. He's always been this way. I'm not sure why. We got him as a week old from a...
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