A-Roaming We Go

Charlotte’s hens were born under a wandering star

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My hens love to roam and I love the fact that they have their freedom and the choice to wander wherever they want. There was recently a report published from a group of researchers in Sweden on chickens. After various experiments had been carried out and chicks had been exposed to various stressful situations they concluded the following: chickens that live in a simple, enclosed environment lost their optimism after being exposed to stress but those in a more interesting, spacious setting coped with the stress and didn’t lose t