How chickens adapt, despite lessons from early llife
CAN AN OLD HEN LEARN NEW TRICKS?
A chicken is learning all through its life, but the lessons it learns in its early days leave the strongest impressions. Despite this, it is possible to change this initial behaviour providing that the new behaviour is more in tune with the bird’s natural instincts. My Speckledy hen Brith is a good example of this.
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How chickens adapt, despite lessons from early llife
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Drop In Egg Production
Drop In Egg Production
Ideal Broody Time
Ideal Broody Time
