animal-behavior
A Year-Round Chicken Care Calendar
I couldn’t think of a better New Year’s resolution than starting your own backyard chicken flock. This next year is going to bring you mixed feelings of eagerness and anxiety with hopefully the culmination of happiness and joy.
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Button Quail: Adorable By Any Name
Add to Favorites Button quail, which are also known as Chinese painted quail, Chung-Chi, Asian blue quail or blue- breasted quail, are well, cute as a button! The smallest of …
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Raising Chicks with Mother Hen
Raising chicks with mother hen gives them the best start in life, as they learn life skills for happy, healthy integration within the flock. Researchers have found chicks gain multiple benefits from a broody hen.
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Do Chickens Have Feelings, Emotions, and Sentience?
Do chickens have feelings and are they sentient? Researchers are investigating their emotions and how they express them. Although more research is required, there is clear evidence of emotions that are important to chickens’ welfare.
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Chicken Treats – How to Raise Mealworms and Superworms
Add to Favorites In my middle school classroom, my students have learned how to raise mealworms, superworms, and Dubia cockroaches for years to be fed to our pet bearded dragon: …
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Poultry Cognition—Are Chickens Smart?
Are chickens smart? Research reveals that they learn fast, feel emotions, have good memories, and use complex logic and social tactics.
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Keeping Jersey Buff Turkeys on a Heritage Turkey Farm
Add to Favorites By Christina Allen – Of the few people keeping flocks of heritage turkeys, most seem to either just buy a few poults to raise for harvesting in …
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The Origins of Chicken Domestication
Add to Favorites Out of the 9,000 or 10,000 bird species on this planet, have you ever wondered why chickens were chosen to be our source of food, eggs, entertainment, …
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Court’s In Session, How To Become A Licensed Poultry Judge
Add to Favorites By Kenny Coogan, Florida To become an APA-licensed poultry judge, you will need to have been member of APA for three consecutive years, ideally raising poultry during that time. …
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What Roosters Are Crowing About
Add to Favorites By Kenny Coogan Some days it sounds like The View is being recorded in my henhouse with all of the clucking that goes on. At other times …
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