McChook Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Hi all Well, the silly season is almost upon us and the fireworks will soon be whirling and banging again. Do any of you more experienced chicken keepers have any advice for those of us about to undergo our first bonfire night with chooks please? Here's a or two to start with... Will the girls be very upset by the noise? Will this stop them laying? Should I bring them inside? (I'm worried my dogs will eat them, though) Any ideas what I can do to make the night less stressful for them? (and me!!) Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 The first year I worried myself stupid and now I just make sure they are tucked up safely and they are fine Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMcHen Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 As above - mine were shut in every night and were fine. We had some pretty noisy bangs and wizzes too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Ours have always been OK - they don't seem to notice and still lay the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutrix Farmers Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 OH suggested we bring the eglu into the house. We had some fireworks just after we got the girls and OH went rushing out to check the girls were OK, and they were fast asleep!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyReckless Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Mine never mind it at all. They just sleep right through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 We get a lot of fireworks here, but they have always just slept right it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I worried about my chooks first fireworks night last year. It was fine. I shut the eglu door early. Next day they still laid, but I did get one odd torpedo egg which may have been fall out from a loud bang. Don't worry, they will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McChook Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 but I did get one odd torpedo egg which may have been fall out from a loud bang. Lol! Thanks everyone for your reassurances - I'll stop panicking now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EileenH Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 We got a lot of Eid fireworks last night but the chooks didn`t seem to notice! They`re fine this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
