Owning poultry and Mental Health

[Iluveggers]

If your birds seem to help out your mental health in any way, check out this study about mental health and all birds in general! I found it quite interesting and encouraging!

https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/birdwatching/study-being-around-birds-boosts-mental-health/

 

[ChickyCh00k]

My chickens both ease my anxiety and cause it, lol! I'm a super new chicken mom (my first flock is 8 weeks old). When I spend time with them, I feel happy and at peace - I love watching them and all 8 of them jump up onto my lap for pets and snuggles - it really is wonderful. Aaaaaand I also worry constantly about their health, if when they're going to have some kind of issue, pests/predators, etc., and whether I'm doing everything "right" for them!

 

[Iluveggers]

My chickens both ease my anxiety and cause it, lol! I'm a super new chicken mom (my first flock is 8 weeks old). When I spend time with them, I feel happy and at peace - I love watching them and all 8 of them jump up onto my lap for pets and snuggles - it really is wonderful. Aaaaaand I also worry constantly about their health, if when they're going to have some kind of issue, pests/predators, etc., and whether I'm doing everything "right" for them!

Nothing better after a stressful day than chicken TV & chick cuddles!

 

[Summer_]

I do feel calmer after being with my birds/ hearing birds sing outside for a while…