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Happy 4th of July everyone. Learned something last night, my chickens do not handle fireworks well. I was watching tv about 10:30 and had my window ac on so I heard nothing but my dad ran in my room and said we had to go out and see what was after the chickens. As soon as I leave my bedroom I hear them, every single one was going off like they were being killed. Grab a flashlight and flip on barn lights and head out to find only 2 are still on their roosts and they were LOUD. Didn't see anything so looking up at the hill for something with a flashlight when one of my neighbors comes running into my yard saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry". Once we got to a spot where I could hear him over the commotion it turns out he'd bought a few cheap fireworks for his daughter and they had shot off 2. Were not supposed to be loud, but apparently the noise and the lights "set the henhouse" off as he joked. He told me they had a few more but were not shooting them off. I told him since I knew something was not after them I could stay outside with the chickens if they wanted to finish but he said they would shoot them off at his mom's tonight. He then helped me get everyone back up on their roosts. Everyone may need to pray for me tonight, I have 3 other neighbors, one who is a jerk, planning on shooting off fireworks. The jerk neighbor gets the big ones, ones that really should not be shot off in a neighborhood, and ones that really should not be set off here as there is a dry hillside on each side of us. Last year he shot them off for almost 2 hours, and in which it took me and mom both sitting outside keeping the horses calm. Russ was fine, Dirt got a little worked up, but Louis was ready to break out of his stall. We ended up having to tie him up and when it was over he was a quivering sweating wreck. That was one time it was absolutely not safe to just be in there with him with a lead rope attached as he would try to run over you trying to find a way out. Talked to my vet already, he's on standby to swing by this evening if Louis starts freaking out to give a shot of sedative if need be. Which may help, but he also warned since Louis reacted so bad last year his adrenaline may counteract it and make it useless.
 
RebeccaBoyd said:
Happy 4th of July everyone. Learned something last night, my chickens do not handle fireworks well. I was watching tv about 10:30 and had my window ac on so I heard nothing but my dad ran in my room and said we had to go out and see what was after the chickens. As soon as I leave my bedroom I hear them, every single one was going off like they were being killed. Grab a flashlight and flip on barn lights and head out to find only 2 are still on their roosts and they were LOUD. Didn't see anything so looking up at the hill for something with a flashlight when one of my neighbors comes running into my yard saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry". Once we got to a spot where I could hear him over the commotion it turns out he'd bought a few cheap fireworks for his daughter and they had shot off 2. Were not supposed to be loud, but apparently the noise and the lights "set the henhouse" off as he joked. He told me they had a few more but were not shooting them off. I told him since I knew something was not after them I could stay outside with the chickens if they wanted to finish but he said they would shoot them off at his mom's tonight. He then helped me get everyone back up on their roosts. Everyone may need to pray for me tonight, I have 3 other neighbors, one who is a jerk, planning on shooting off fireworks. The jerk neighbor gets the big ones, ones that really should not be shot off in a neighborhood, and ones that really should not be set off here as there is a dry hillside on each side of us. Last year he shot them off for almost 2 hours, and in which it took me and mom both sitting outside keeping the horses calm. Russ was fine, Dirt got a little worked up, but Louis was ready to break out of his stall. We ended up having to tie him up and when it was over he was a quivering sweating wreck. That was one time it was absolutely not safe to just be in there with him with a lead rope attached as he would try to run over you trying to find a way out. Talked to my vet already, he's on standby to swing by this evening if Louis starts freaking out to give a shot of sedative if need be. Which may help, but he also warned since Louis reacted so bad last year his adrenaline may counteract it and make it useless.
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Good luck tonight. Maybe Louis should get a preventive dose, before the adrenaline is off the charts?
 
RebeccaBoyd said:
Happy 4th of July everyone. Learned something last night, my chickens do not handle fireworks well. I was watching tv about 10:30 and had my window ac on so I heard nothing but my dad ran in my room and said we had to go out and see what was after the chickens. As soon as I leave my bedroom I hear them, every single one was going off like they were being killed. Grab a flashlight and flip on barn lights and head out to find only 2 are still on their roosts and they were LOUD. Didn't see anything so looking up at the hill for something with a flashlight when one of my neighbors comes running into my yard saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry". Once we got to a spot where I could hear him over the commotion it turns out he'd bought a few cheap fireworks for his daughter and they had shot off 2. Were not supposed to be loud, but apparently the noise and the lights "set the henhouse" off as he joked. He told me they had a few more but were not shooting them off. I told him since I knew something was not after them I could stay outside with the chickens if they wanted to finish but he said they would shoot them off at his mom's tonight. He then helped me get everyone back up on their roosts. Everyone may need to pray for me tonight, I have 3 other neighbors, one who is a jerk, planning on shooting off fireworks. The jerk neighbor gets the big ones, ones that really should not be shot off in a neighborhood, and ones that really should not be set off here as there is a dry hillside on each side of us. Last year he shot them off for almost 2 hours, and in which it took me and mom both sitting outside keeping the horses calm. Russ was fine, Dirt got a little worked up, but Louis was ready to break out of his stall. We ended up having to tie him up and when it was over he was a quivering sweating wreck. That was one time it was absolutely not safe to just be in there with him with a lead rope attached as he would try to run over you trying to find a way out. Talked to my vet already, he's on standby to swing by this evening if Louis starts freaking out to give a shot of sedative if need be. Which may help, but he also warned since Louis reacted so bad last year his adrenaline may counteract it and make it useless.
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That is awful. You need noise cancelling ear muffs for everyone!
 
RebeccaBoyd said:
Happy 4th of July everyone. Learned something last night, my chickens do not handle fireworks well. I was watching tv about 10:30 and had my window ac on so I heard nothing but my dad ran in my room and said we had to go out and see what was after the chickens. As soon as I leave my bedroom I hear them, every single one was going off like they were being killed. Grab a flashlight and flip on barn lights and head out to find only 2 are still on their roosts and they were LOUD. Didn't see anything so looking up at the hill for something with a flashlight when one of my neighbors comes running into my yard saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry". Once we got to a spot where I could hear him over the commotion it turns out he'd bought a few cheap fireworks for his daughter and they had shot off 2. Were not supposed to be loud, but apparently the noise and the lights "set the henhouse" off as he joked. He told me they had a few more but were not shooting them off. I told him since I knew something was not after them I could stay outside with the chickens if they wanted to finish but he said they would shoot them off at his mom's tonight. He then helped me get everyone back up on their roosts. Everyone may need to pray for me tonight, I have 3 other neighbors, one who is a jerk, planning on shooting off fireworks. The jerk neighbor gets the big ones, ones that really should not be shot off in a neighborhood, and ones that really should not be set off here as there is a dry hillside on each side of us. Last year he shot them off for almost 2 hours, and in which it took me and mom both sitting outside keeping the horses calm. Russ was fine, Dirt got a little worked up, but Louis was ready to break out of his stall. We ended up having to tie him up and when it was over he was a quivering sweating wreck. That was one time it was absolutely not safe to just be in there with him with a lead rope attached as he would try to run over you trying to find a way out. Talked to my vet already, he's on standby to swing by this evening if Louis starts freaking out to give a shot of sedative if need be. Which may help, but he also warned since Louis reacted so bad last year his adrenaline may counteract it and make it useless.
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Something I have to look forward to tonight. I have some bad neighbors here too. And exploding rockets are their thing! I fear for my chickens, and my properties. :barnie
 
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