Smart Feeder - Light sensor values

[sandyhas3chucks]

Sorry folks, just doesn't make any sense to me.

I think I am right in saying that Poet also has a disabled chook or 2. I too have seen mine shivering, this may go some way to our thinking.

By the way I have pm'd emchooks as see she is in the same county as me and said if near by I will do chooks for her, suppose if we had thought about it she could have brought them here. Looks like here anyway freezing temps might NOT be a problem over Christmas, more like drowning!!!!!

Had the wing featherless wild pigeon well covered and insulated but open.

[zmurffi]

Check the weather forcast for your area - the temperatures seem to be coming up a bit for the few days here - if its above freezing they should be OK with it open.

[emchook]

Yes I have seen the weather report and its going to be a balmy 6 over the weekend !

What a relief !

I hope you all have a great Christmas !

[batcatz]

Mine were all fine this morning and last night.

[whoopsie]

I have been shutting the door while the weather has ben so cold and my girls are NOT impressed, so i'm glad it's got a bit warmer now! In fact, considering the steam rising out of the eglu when I do open it i've been wondering if they've been a bit too hot!!

 

They do like having the warm porridge and water in the mornings though.

[emchook]

Thankyou all for your comments !

Having just arrived home from 2 nights away I can happily say that they have not suffered at all from having the door open !

 

I need to say thanks to my DH , who set up chicken cam for me so I could see how they were getting on [ even though he detests my chooks ]

 

[Bald Carl]

I leave my eglu door open unless it's really cold and/or windy. Chickens can withstand cold temperatures very well. It's dampness and draughts that get affect them most.

 

I would even go as far as saying a good cold spell is beneficial for them. It's the best way of killing off all the bugs and mites that live in the coop.

 

All of mine have lovely warm down suits to keep them warm.

[debbier]

This one can never be returned to the wild because it's previous owner failed to give it protection from freezing temperatures and it got frost bite

 

I don't get that. A wild bird would normally make its own protection (the ones near me don't have doors on eglus to shut). If an owner was neglectful enough to leave a solitary bird of prey out in the open, say, then that is extreme, and nothing like a quartet of hens snuggling up in an eglu.