Fur 'n' Feathers Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 We went out half an hour ago to see if the hens were in bed only to find them out still. Kilo seemed to be at the top of the cube ladder, but jumped down We hid behind a bush to watch & Krasi appeared to disappear from view (it was getting quite dark. Then we saw Kilo jump up on the roosting bar in the run and settle down there. We gave up watching in the end and went to look as there was no movement and there was Kilo with Krasi was beside her on the roosting bar in the run quite settled together We told them it really was time to go to bed, but they just looked at us and made the occasional muffled noise I went round to try to encourage them over to the ladder and Fur went to the end of the run… then Fur said “Is the door to the cube open …….we then realised that we’d closed it earlier to do a bit of a clean & inspect and we’d forgotten to reopen the door The girls went straight in when we re-opened it How embarrassing . Feathers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Sorry to laugh but thats so funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggregiousness Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Gosh that's just the sort of daft thing I'd do! They must have been saying such rude things about you two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 that made me laugh too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkypie Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Your story makes feel a little bit better about the time I shut their house door (post cleaning) and my poor Little Jerry had to lay her egg in the run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Well I have never done that ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I have...several times First time I had 3 sleepy balls of feathers snuggled up against the front of the eglu & had to move them in order to open the door & put them in.........actually that was DD who had been told to shut the door before she collected the eggs & forgot to open it again The other times were when Buffie was early in her broodiness & I shut the door to the to stop her going into the nestbox rather than back to her eggs......all 7 of the big girls who normally sleep in squeezed into the with the batties who were very unimpressed at the enforced sleepovers They get over it Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 (I've done it too .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 And me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Me Too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Tilytinkle Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 and me .. hmmm only realising at around 11.30pm, then commenced the biggest chaos & farcical endeavors to wake roosting chickens up & persuade them to climb (in the dark) up into their cube towards . .wait for it .. a mobile phone light!!! SEVEN BLOOMIN ROOSTING CHICKENS - NIGHTMARE I must admit to using twigs too to assist them on their way So I think your chickens are quite lucky tohave such respnsible keepers who checked on them before midnight!!!!! Ms Tillywontevermakethatmistakeagain!!(shhhhorifIdotheycanstayontheirbranchroosting) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CluckyBucks Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Apparently, if you shine a light into their coop ( or eglu/cube) they will come towards the light, i tried it once and they were quite intrigued xx xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
