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Mild, Moderate, and Severe Stress in Chickens

by Nikki Shaw August 10, 2021

Stress is chickens’ natural physiological response to protect themselves, but too much stress can reduce your flock’s health. For prey animals like chickens, stress initiates the fight or flight response that helps them survive in the...

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An Inside Look at Chicken Stress

by Mikayla Baxter July 20, 2021

Did you know chickens are prey animals? This means they have to look out for themselves! For this reason, they are conditioned to hide their stress to prevent potential predators from thinking they are an easy target. These behaviors,...

Posted in: anxiety in chickens, backyard chickens, chicken coop, chicken farm, chickens diet, diet, food for chickens, heat stress, hen, hen and chickens, predator problems, Stress in Chickens
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