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Mild, Moderate, and Severe Stress in Chickens
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
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,...
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