separation anxiety
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Helping a chicken with loneliness while in the henspital? **important**
I have a hen that I had to pull from her flock to get her in the a.c. She squawks like crazy whenever I leave the room and gets really restless and uneasy and exerts herself physically. She’s taken a keen interest in a mirror I have on the ground (full length body mirror) and spends most of her...- crunchygranola
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Can I take baby chicks away from their mothers right after they hatch?
Hi, recently several chicks have hatched in my backyard and I was wondering if I could take them away from their mother? Previous hatches I’ve let them stay with their mothers, but since we live higher up in the mountains and the chickens don’t live in a confined space, the previously hatched...- Jaront
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- baby chicks mother hens separation anxiety
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- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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Turkey keeps screaming.
Hi there I'm hoping someone can help me to understand and help my little turkey. I have 1 fully grown turkey (vanilla) and another that is still before laying age but shes basically adult size now (Yoghurt). Ever since we introduced the young one shes been attached to the older one, and when... -
How to help single goose integrate into duck flock
We just got our first goose, a 4 week old Pilgrim. She was hand-raised, and clearly loves humans. But we want her to flock with our three ducks, and not just stand at the gate crying. Does anyone have any ideas about how to help her mix with an established group of three ducks? When no humans...