Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

my flock like to take a siesta too

 

[Perris]

my dull brain

hardly; you're one of the sharpest here to my way of thinking.
btw, how on earth did you get over a quarter of a million likes?!?
eta: that's an extraordinary achievement, indicating how well you are thought of here.

 

[RoyalChick]

my flock like to take a siesta too

Really, who doesn’t?!

 

[BDutch]

We only close the coops,after dark, because I can't imagine anything worse, than them being happily snoozing away and having a predator get in to the coop and being eaten alive.

Have you ever thought about buying a automatic pop door? It gives you the opportunity to go away from home and don’t have to worry if you get back in time.

 

[Perris]

anyone see the lunar eclipse? I got it in penumbra, but sadly it had set here before getting far into the umbra.

 

[RoyalChick]

anyone see the lunar eclipse? I got it in penumbra, but sadly it had set here before getting far into the umbra.
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Yes. I got up at 2am. It was gorgeous and did indeed turn red (well orange) as promised.
It was about freezing and a perfectly clear sky. I stayed out until I lost feeling in my fingers and toes.
I have however not mastered how to take pictures of the moon.
I need to sort through them, but these may be the best I got.

 

[fluffycrow]

I have observed that too about the timing and it makes no sense to my dull brain - that is also when the predators are most active too.
I guess the predators are most active at those times because that is when the chickens like to forage.
The poor chickens can’t win!

That’s what I’ve guessed as well.

The groups here don’t seem to be particularly active in the afternoon, only some juveniles.

There’s definitely a reason to stay inactive during the midday summer sun, but I don’t think the same can be said for fall, winter and early spring time. Predators will work around their prays’ behaviour, as you said, so the same must apply for them. I’d imagine more daytime predator attacks happen during the cooler months.

All that said, nature’s balance of predator vs prey is one filled with many complexities, and one that I personally still struggle with understanding and letting go on.

x2 on what Perris said

 

[SimpleJenn]

I have observed that too about the timing and it makes no sense to my dull brain - that is also when the predators are most active too.
I guess the predators are most active at those times because that is when the chickens like to forage.
The poor chickens can’t win!

I believe it's because the shadows are long and it's easy to hide, for both predator and prey

 

[notabitail]

hardly; you're one of the sharpest here to my way of thinking.
btw, how on earth did you get over a quarter of a million likes?!?
eta: that's an extraordinary achievement, indicating how well you are thought of here.

I've got over 86K and I have only been here for a couple years.

The people on Fluffy Butt Acres like everything.

 

[notabitail]

Really, who doesn’t?!

My theory is that humans are supposed to take a nap around noonday, and that humans should not be up for 12 continuous hours.