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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: sheila on December 20, 2009, 02:40:20 pm

Title: my girls won't come out!
Post by: sheila on December 20, 2009, 02:40:20 pm
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Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: shetlandpaul on December 20, 2009, 04:21:18 pm
i don't blame them. its flipping cold.
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: little blue on December 20, 2009, 06:45:43 pm
Wish my ex-batts had the sense!
They stood out in the snow until I enticed them back inside.
when I told o/h he reminded me that our other girls once chased hail stones round trying to eat them (think the noise was similar to corn falling through thier wire!)
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: Womble on December 20, 2009, 07:15:17 pm

Oh well, they'll be nice and cosy tonight with all that snow on the roof.

It's still falling here - a couple of inches lying now  :)
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: shetlandpaul on December 20, 2009, 09:03:34 pm
we have just had a hail/snow lightning storm.
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: ballingall on December 20, 2009, 10:15:21 pm
Our Seabrights have decided its time to live indoors too. The other chickens do come out if its not snowing, but the Seabrights won't even do that. They looked at me when I opened the door to look at them as if to say "what do you want- shut that door you're letting in the cold!"

Beth
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: shetlandpaul on December 21, 2009, 09:44:23 am
wise chucks.
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: Wellieboots on December 21, 2009, 03:31:22 pm
My black rocks are building their own snowman as I type!! ;D
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: northfifeduckling on December 21, 2009, 05:26:34 pm
the 2 youngsters  :chook: :chook: and the ducks  :&> :&> :&> :&> :&> :&> :&> :&> :&> :&> are happy out and about, the 3 ladies  :chook: :chook: :chook: just show up to eat.
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: doganjo on December 21, 2009, 05:43:09 pm
My cockerel has learned how to ski ;) ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: harry on December 21, 2009, 05:55:22 pm
Eddie the chicken ::)
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: doganjo on December 21, 2009, 05:55:53 pm
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: Daisys Mum on December 21, 2009, 08:04:48 pm


Duck pond is frozen over and also waterer so I am putting out buckets of water, this morning the call duck was sitting in the bucket with chickens all round drinking the water.
One of my old hens was looking a bit miserable so went back out to check her later but she had died.
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: MiriMaran on December 21, 2009, 08:07:21 pm
Mine aren't coming out either - I'm throwing corn down on the ground for them and the Jackdaws are hoovering it all up before the hens bother to get out and about.
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: doganjo on December 21, 2009, 08:48:06 pm
Mine are all out at crack o sparras - Jamie makes sure his ladies are all up and dressed before dawn!  And the ducks only go in for a couple of hours before they come back out for another sparring match to see who is going to be Jack's mate ;) ;D
Title: Re: my girls won't come out!
Post by: ellisr on December 26, 2009, 08:46:41 pm
My older flock moved into the stables when the cold came and now refuse to come out, but the young ones are quite happy in the cold and spring out each morning. We haven't had snow here but we have had very cold spells and plenty of ice even the trough for the sheep in the field froze 3 inches thick.