LuckyChickenLover- Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Can chickens see in colour? The only reason I ask is because my chick Prescilla always frefers to be near people with brightly coloured shirts, particularly pink and purple. I think I also remember reading somewhere on the Omlet site that hens in a pink eglu lay more and lay heavier eggs than hens in other colour eglus. (Just searched for the page Here it is for anyone who wants a look.) Thanks ~ Lucky Chicken Lover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 It's funny you should mention this... I have 2 eglus, 1 pink and 1 purple in a free range area for my bantam girls. The pink eglu always had the big majority of the eggs (sometimes none in the purple). A couple of weeks ago I swapped the tops of my eglus over. It wasn't intentional, I had put the poo trays back in the wrong ones and when I went to put the tops on I didn't notice they were swapped. Since then they have switched their preference to the other eglu (which now has a pink top and tray (purple door). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 My girls will always eat out of the Orange grub before the green grub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Drat just purchased a green eglu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 I'm even worse! Iv'e got a red one coming tommorow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 mines coming tommorrow too - NW London. Red is nearer to pink - I will stick pink stickers on mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 Ah well. No eggs for us then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Cottage Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 This links to some interesting feedback about what chickens see... Hope it works. http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=31216&p=492992&hilit=chickens+vision#p492992 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
