- May 22, 2008
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I have 2 BR, 1 Orp, and 1 silkie. They are mostly in a coop/run, but I let them out about a half hour before sun down to run around the yard.
This had been working fine until recently when it gets very dark early. Now we keep finding 3 chickens in the coop and the silkie (always her) wandering around the yard seemingly unable to find her way in to the coop. By this time it is about 30 degrees or less outside and pitch dark. So I have been calling her, she immediately sits down, I pick her up and put her into the cup and shut everyone in for the night.
Has anyone elses silkie done this? She is the lowest on the pecking order and so usually last in anyway, but now it seems as though maybe she just can't see once it gets very dark.
Well it worries us because I used to always go out after dark, assume all girls were in and lock up. Now I have to make sure not to wait to lock them up because 1) it's too cold for the small silkie to be out there by herself and 2) I have to make sure I find her before it gets too dark.
Thanks for any feedback.
-Melissa
This had been working fine until recently when it gets very dark early. Now we keep finding 3 chickens in the coop and the silkie (always her) wandering around the yard seemingly unable to find her way in to the coop. By this time it is about 30 degrees or less outside and pitch dark. So I have been calling her, she immediately sits down, I pick her up and put her into the cup and shut everyone in for the night.
Has anyone elses silkie done this? She is the lowest on the pecking order and so usually last in anyway, but now it seems as though maybe she just can't see once it gets very dark.
Well it worries us because I used to always go out after dark, assume all girls were in and lock up. Now I have to make sure not to wait to lock them up because 1) it's too cold for the small silkie to be out there by herself and 2) I have to make sure I find her before it gets too dark.
Thanks for any feedback.
-Melissa