Solar Eclipse + Chickens = Blindness?

[kwhites634]

lol True. I'm just wondering if by the time it's totally covered, they'll look to see what's up with the sky.

By that time, they'll think it's time to go to roost

 

[BantyChooks]

chickengeorgeto, thank you for that post. I've seen so many outright dumb things about the eclipse and chickens recently that I just want to turn off the computer and bang my head against the wall.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Excuse me while I have a Pop Eye the Sailor Man moment because. "I have stood alls I can stand and I can't stands no more!"
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Rest easy, BR6. Spot, Rover, Fluffy, and Henny Penny the heritage hen are not intellectually curious enough to stand out in the blistering heat staring up at the piddling little star we call the Sun. Only today's humans are that mentally challenged.

As for the historic significance of this event, contrary to what Yahoo and other non-news news sights reported on the World Wide Web of Deceit, this is NOT the first total solar eclipse of the Sun to favor the USA in the past 99 years, far from it. I think that the one that occurred in 1970, but because of cloud cover was only fully observable in the Okefenokee Swamp predates today's eclipse by some 47 Earth years. In addition, the next eclipse as significant and total as the 1970 eclipse will not happen in the USA for an additional 7 years, or until 2024. So if you find yourself outside in the middle of the day, and it suddenly begins to get cooler and darker RUN, don't walk to your residence and crawl under your Sealy Posturepedic mattress because the sky is falling.

No animals were harmed by Maw Nature's Solar eclipse.
Animals are pick one...
(1.) Far to smart for that or
(2.) they have no interest in the study of physics and the Universe.

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/lo...clipse-awes-millions-except-for-one-gray-fox/

ECLIPSE AWES MILLIONS; EXCEPT FOR ONE GRAY FOX

Majestically, the moon moved across the face of the sun Saturday, the sky darkened and a great shadow swept the earth. Millions looked up in awe.

From the Pacific to the North Atlantic, through Mexico, eastern edges of the United States, through Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, the shadow marked the path of the total eclipse of the sun.

Sea birds flew inland in flocks on Nantucket Island, as at dusk.

Rockets rose form the darkness of Wallops island, Va., into a midday sky dotted with stars as scientists sought answers to solar mysteries.

At Virginia Beach, Va., and other areas with the 85-mile-wide shadow of total eclipse the temperature dropped suddenly as the warm rays of the sun were blocked.

And deep in the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, birds stopped chirping and the swamp became still. Paul Johnson, a state ranger in the swamp, watched a gray fox curl up and go to sleep on the bank of a stream, "something the fox wouldn't do in the middle of the day."

Skies were clear long much of the line of totality, especially in Mexico, at Wallops Island, Va., on Nantucket Island off the Massachusetts coast, affording a once in a lifetime experience for residents of these areas.

There won't be another total eclipse of comparable duration in or near the United States until 2024.

The partial phases of the eclipse, depending on local weather conditions, could be seen by countless other millions throughout almost all of North America, throughout Central America, from the southwestern edge of South America.

In many cities, people were seen peering up at the sky without filters; despite repeated warning that direct observation of the sun during the eclipse could produce serious eye damage, perhaps even blindness.

The 99 year thing has to do with this being the first time in 99s years that an eclipse has completely traveled across the US from one coast to the other.

 

[lazy gardener]

It is also traveling the path of American geological fault lines, making almost a direct line between them. Interesting... I will be watching animal behavior, instead of the sky during this event, though may try the pin hole viewer thingy.

 

[Chickenlover2017]

Yep nothing to worry about animals don't naturally look at the sun anyway think about it God would not make the Solar Eclipse if it blinded all the animals like where I live there is deer and wild Turkeys and Squirrels etc. They would all be blind I don't think so you have nothing to worry about! A very good concern though I was wondering the same thing at first!

Hello, I'm not sure where this goes, so sorry if this is in the wrong place.

As I'm sure everyone knows, p) there's a total solar eclipse today, with differing times and coverage for each state. My state is at about 62% coverage. I know a human, dog, cat, etc. will/could go blind from looking at the sun during the eclipse, but can a chicken? Is it best to keep them in the coop? I don't think anyone's had to deal with this before! lol (What a year to begin my chicken keeping. )

 

[barred2rock]

Just watched it hit about 90% here in Colorado. Still light enough I don't think the chickens have/will notice.

 

[RodNTN]

We are getting 90% coverage, it'll be interesting to see the chicken's reactions.

 

[Honeybee22]

We're in Idaho and mine just plopped down for a nap. Nothing unusual for them. More intetesting is how quiet the neighborhood birds got.

 

[barred2rock]

We are getting 90% coverage, it'll be interesting to see the chicken's reactions.

At 90% the sky is still very bright, maybe like a slightly overcast day. I just watched it happen here, no big deal unless you have glasses or something to view it properly.

 

[TominWa]

The glasses I made for them put my mind at rest....one less thing you know