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    Anxious Chicken

    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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    Anxious Chicken

    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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    Anxious Chicken

    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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    Anxious Chicken

    Thank you
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    Anxious Chicken

    No I haven't. I'll add that to my list to research. Thank you.
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    Anxious Chicken

    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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    Anxious Chicken

    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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    Anxious Chicken

    I appreciate the suggestion. Do you know approx how much you give them?
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    Anxious Chicken

    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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    Anxious Chicken

    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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    Anxious Chicken

    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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    Anxious Chicken

    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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    Broody silkie

    What does going for a car ride do? I have a young Silkie who hasn't started laying or stealing eggs, but she's broody. So reading all the suggestions.
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    More boys than expected.

    Thank you. That's good to know. So far we are having little problems. All the boys treat the girls and humans nicely. We have cameras inside and out, so I just have chicken tv on in the background while I work. I have lots of places I can temporarily stick a roo if problems arise. We are also...
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    More boys than expected.

    Thank you
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    More boys than expected.

    Fortunately 4 of the 6 cockerals seem to be hobbits according to my daughter - they want a hoodie, a cup of tea, and a book or maybe watch the world go by.
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    More boys than expected.

    I haven't had that myself. We've been getting 1-5 or 1-6.
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    More boys than expected.

    I would have 15 sqft for each rooster. But is that for full/regular size or bantams?
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