Keeping chickens calm during July 4th

[Rachelsmile79]

Any suggestions on keeping urban backyard chickens calm during the 4th of July fireworks and festivities? Mine are 13 weeks and I ve had them for 3 weeks and this will be their first 4th.
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[Folly's place]

Shouldn't be a problem; I get upset, the dogs get upset, the horses look up, and the chickens keep eating, then they go to roost at dark! If the coops right under fireworks, shade the windows or something. Enjoy the show! Mary

 

[memphis]

Fireworks never have seemed to bother my chickens. My dogs however are another story.

 

[Folly's place]

Xanax can be our friend; and for the dogs too. Mary

 

[centrarchid]

Some of my free-range game hens literally fly 25 feet straight up when the first rockets are launched nearby. So stressed birds damage eggs when incubating. I would like to outlaw fireworks near livestock. I have problems as with condition not unlike PTSD. The sounds for some animals more than startle, they also hurt.

 

[Folly's place]

YES! At least the neighbors could let you know before the BIG BANG happens! My birds are not that freaked out, fortunately, but still, it ain't good for my sound shy dog. And it goes on for weeks, now... Mary

 

[Rachelsmile79]

It s not the neighbors firework that I m that worried about it's more the cities big fireworks. They do them less than a block away from us and I was worried about the huge boom

 

[Folly's place]

I run a box fan in the coop window when it's really hot; maybe that white noise would help with the fireworks being so close? If you only have a couple of birds, you could bring them in the house in a big dog crate, just for that time. Mary