thunderstorms

  1. 50-45-1

    Thunderstorms and Hatching Eggs, truth or not?

    How many of us have been told by an oldtimer at one time that thunder and lightning storms kill your hatching eggs? Me, for one was told that by my mother and 2 other beloved old timers who i might add were invaluable sources of good advice on many different subjects. My experience that...
  2. RUNuts

    Thunderstorms and egg production

    Houston had a real humdinger last night. Booms, light shows and all that. The flock that was laying 15 eggs from 17 hens spit out 9 today. I was curious when this would happen and here it is. I even searched the flight cage for another nest. Nope, just the 9. What causes your egg...
  3. Bandera Grassland

    Crushing during thunderstorm

    I searched "thunderstorm" and didn't find any forum discussion about this problem. My flock numbers around 30, 2-month-old mostly pullets in a large (500 sq. ft.) stationery house. The house is divided into four rooms with multiple perches and feeding/watering stations. Even though the weather...
  4. RowanTheRed

    Freerange Chickens and Thunderstorms

    I am pretty new to being a chicken mother as a grown up. We had chickens when I was a young girl, which was too long ago to say how long ago! Anyways, I was wondering what the general consensus is when it comes to thunderstorms? I don't EVER remember my dad putting the chickens up any time we...
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