chocchick Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Indoor s and seem to be under some kind of artillary fire, as big display at school at top of my road. Scary and loud inside the house You could see jump when I carried the box indoors. The chickens are snuggled in a cardboard box in the dining room They were squished to one side of the box with all 3 necks craning out examining their environment and making chickeny noises. I peeped in and they seemed to have settled down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Hi Choc I had this dilemma too. (have recently moved here) so asked a neighbour and she said that no fireworks go off round here as too many dog owners. As there are only 9 houses i thought that was ok. NOW, someone is letting off rockets and im worried about the girls!!! We will see tomorrow if Laverne lays as she is on a roll of 51 days of laying with only 1 day off!! I'm sure your girls appreciate the dining room and the warmth - its freezing out there!! Christian x x x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I'm just going to leave the girls outside - theres been loads going off all week so I'm hoping they'll not be too bothered tomorrow or Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted November 3, 2006 Author Share Posted November 3, 2006 Maybe the chickens planned this to get a nice warn bed for the night Hope your eggs are OK. Mine were wierd and pointy yesterday for some reason.... We've had some small fireworks all week, but this was a serious organised display a few houses up. Question is do I move them back now the loud ones are over? I don't want poo in my dining room when they wake up tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Maybe move them back before they get their slippers under the table We had some very noisy fireworks earlier - went out to see if the girls were ok but they were snoozing for England Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Mine too. They only dislike the fireworks when they go off during the day. Don't care at night they just huddle together and snooze! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela & Ken Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 We live in London and there's lots of noisey fireworks around here and not just on 5th Nov. This is our 2nd year with the girls and we put our girls inside our brick "studio" at the rear of the garden. It's insulated and much quieter in there. They lived in there last year for many nights whilst the fireworks were going off. If we didn't have the studio we would bring them inside into a spare bedroom, in the dark. The noises make me jump, never mind the chooks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 We have a fireworks display really near us and it was on tonight. I was worried about the chickens so we put them in a cardboard box in the living room, they stayed there for about 30 seconds before leaping out and charging round the room with the dog getting overexcited and barking at them as i ran about trying to catch them with husband sniggering in the background. So i gave up on the inside idea and put them back in the eglu and covered it with a couple of blankets to try and keep out some of the noise, they were ok when i went to check on them later on this evening! Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 I was really worried about mine as I am in an urban area it is always really loud around me with fireworks. My girls have been fine so far, apart from last night when I didn't get home till gone 6.30pm so the Eglu door was open. Once it was shut they settled right down, despite rockets and screaming fireworks going off all around! This morning they all barged out of the Eglu as normal and seemed happy and well, phew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 We are in a built up area as well and have fireworks going off now for over 2 weeks - In fact I lost a cat last week cos she was terrified by a banger and got hit by a car, and that was early on in the evening. I made sure the girls had the door shut early on last night and went to check on them twice but they were pefectly happy and came out happy as usual this morning. We have had 2 eggs already today. Probably have to go through it all over again tonight though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 Sorry about your cat We live in London and there's lots of noisey fireworks around here and not just on 5th Nov. This is our 2nd year with the girls and we put our girls inside our brick "studio" at the rear of the garden. It's insulated and much quieter in there. They lived in there last year for many nights whilst the fireworks were going off. If we didn't have the studio we would bring them inside into a spare bedroom, in the dark. The noises make me jump, never mind the chooks! I kind of agree, gave in again and brought them in for a few hours while it was really bad, then put them back in the eglu as OH didn't want chooks getting out and wandering round the house. I put a hand on Susannah and could actually feel her heart beating much faster when some of them went off, although opening the egg port probably made it worse-hard to tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Was like a war zone here last night with all the really loud bangs. My girls were't bothered at all. I didn't think there could be a plus side to having a chav neighbour who thinks it ok to let off fireworks, for hours, at any time of the night, usually 1ish, irrespective of neighbours with new babies, pets, (he has 2 rottweilers!) dying aged parents etc, and on a regular basis, (at least twice a month). He sells them, and tries them out at home first. But my girls didn't turn a hair. Good for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamsin Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Mine do not seem bothered nor effected by the fireworks,so I have kept them in there usual routine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
