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Firework display tonight - UPDATED

By dancing cloud, in Chickens, Eggs and Hatching

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Despite my selfish best efforts at a rain dance :shock: , the day is so far dry and bright so the annual carnival firework display will be happening tonight about 100 yards from my home (as the hen sort of flies).

 

When we had thunderstorms last week it clearly bothered them, as I had a couple of softie eggs and Joy only laid her first proper egg yesterday, so I would like to minimise distress as far as possible. They will have gone to bed by the start of the display and there is a tarp over the Cube to reduce light - is there anything else I can do?

 

Fat Puddy always disappears to her "safe place" under the spare bed, but I don't think she'll be willing to share with the chooks :lol:

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They might not be bothered by the fireworks. Our chickens were fine on Bonner Night - we were more nervous than they were! We went up to see them a couple of times and they were snoring peacefully throughout even though it was very noisy with plenty of sudden bangs.

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That's OK Egluntine - I'm grateful you clarified what happened to the neighbour (I was wondering ...), and I bet you're grateful HMP are now accommodating him :lol:

 

I'm going to leave early tonight to let my scoffalots have a good long play out before bed-time, in the hope they might sleep through it all. If it's softie eggs again, it won't matter, but they've only known freedom for not-quite three months and I don't want anything upsetting them unnecessarily. My rain-dance produced the first rain-free day this week - that'll teach me :evil:

 

I know from previous years that Fat Puddy will come and curl up on my bed for comfort once it's all over, but that's no place for six hens :lol:

 

Thanks for the reassurance from everybody - I do so worry about my little girls!

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Many thanks to everyone for all the reassurance - the chooks didn't make a sound, even when the ground shook :shock:, and the three eggs laid before I came out this morning were all as normal - phew!!

 

Fat Puddy didn't come out from her safe place for over four hours, whereas Loki stayed out for the whole thing (probably watching the display and workng the crowd for hot-dogs :lol: )

 

Over-anxious hen-mummy now looking forward to the weekend and the rather nice sauvignon blanc chilling in the fridge

 

Thanks again - I love this forum :D

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