Comments on: The Bright Day is Done http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/the-bright-day-is-done/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:33:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BuckeyeGirl http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/the-bright-day-is-done/#comment-37064 BuckeyeGirl Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:51:25 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4588#comment-37064 No No!! There can be no such thing as too much Shakespeare! Please continue with the Shakespeare even if combined with chickens… or is that ESPECIALLY if combined with chickens! Surely the bard would have understood how their clucky little undertones, their mutters and ongoing commentary while they putter around the yard, are but poetry to our ears!!! No No!! There can be no such thing as too much Shakespeare! Please continue with the Shakespeare even if combined with chickens… or is that ESPECIALLY if combined with chickens! Surely the bard would have understood how their clucky little undertones, their mutters and ongoing commentary while they putter around the yard, are but poetry to our ears!!!

]]> By: Callie Brady http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/the-bright-day-is-done/#comment-33193 Callie Brady Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:09:05 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4588#comment-33193 :biggrin: Suzanne, Thank you for all the happiness your blog brings me everyday. And as to the egg and chicken laying problem.. I would like to share something that worked for our chickens :chicken: . This year our chickens were molting to such a degree that some of them were bald in spots and they were taking forever to grow new feathers (months and months) ...we even had one 1/4 naked chicken. But they continued to lay eggs everyday and had all winter! I thought that if they stopped laying eggs for a bit they might instead grow some feathers. So, I put some wooden fake white eggs in their nest boxes and :snoopy: yea! the chickens stopped laying eggs ...or there were just a few eggs a day... and they now have feathers! Except for the naked chicken, but she is almost clothed again. It is time to take the fake eggs away in a week or two. The fake eggs evidently fooled the chickens into thinking they already laid an egg?... I must have really silly chickens. I wonder if there are any chicken experts out there who could explain this behavior? I have also read that chickens do not lay after they have started setting. Evidently leaving eggs in the nests can be good for getting broody chickens to sit on a clutch and then hatch them out. (you can take out the fake ones and put fertile eggs under her when she starts setting) Soooo, you could try taking the eggs out of the coop every night, make sure they have lots of chicken lay to eat, (if I run out of lay and just feed scratch they pretty much stop laying) (Duh :fryingpan: ... I could have tried that instead of the fake eggs!... oh well,) and maybe you will have eggs all winter too. Your chickens look so beautiful and healthy! And, I love these little icons :heart: Sarah Jane :biggrin: Suzanne, Thank you for all the happiness your blog brings me everyday. And as to the egg and chicken laying problem.. I would like to share something that worked for our chickens :chicken: . This year our chickens were molting to such a degree that some of them were bald in spots and they were taking forever to grow new feathers (months and months) …we even had one 1/4 naked chicken. But they continued to lay eggs everyday and had all winter! I thought that if they stopped laying eggs for a bit they might instead grow some feathers. So, I put some wooden fake white eggs in their nest boxes and :snoopy: yea! the chickens stopped laying eggs …or there were just a few eggs a day… and they now have feathers! Except for the naked chicken, but she is almost clothed again. It is time to take the fake eggs away in a week or two. The fake eggs evidently fooled the chickens into thinking they already laid an egg?… I must have really silly chickens. I wonder if there are any chicken experts out there who could explain this behavior? I have also read that chickens do not lay after they have started setting. Evidently leaving eggs in the nests can be good for getting broody chickens to sit on a clutch and then hatch them out. (you can take out the fake ones and put fertile eggs under her when she starts setting) Soooo, you could try taking the eggs out of the coop every night, make sure they have lots of chicken lay to eat, (if I run out of lay and just feed scratch they pretty much stop laying) (Duh :fryingpan: … I could have tried that instead of the fake eggs!… oh well,) and maybe you will have eggs all winter too. Your chickens look so beautiful and healthy! And, I love these little icons :heart: Sarah Jane

]]> By: Patty http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/the-bright-day-is-done/#comment-33192 Patty Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:35:49 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4588#comment-33192 Oh I just saw the cats photo! I love how they sit and wait like that. The grey one is so regal looking. I have 4 cats, and it's so funny how the old declawed one is the first to eat and the big rough tomcat sits and waits. I think they telepathically have a battle of wits to see who gets food first. The tomcat isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. hehe :catmeow: Oh I just saw the cats photo! I love how they sit and wait like that. The grey one is so regal looking. I have 4 cats, and it’s so funny how the old declawed one is the first to eat and the big rough tomcat sits and waits. I think they telepathically have a battle of wits to see who gets food first. The tomcat isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed. hehe :catmeow:

]]> By: Patty http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/the-bright-day-is-done/#comment-33191 Patty Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:31:09 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4588#comment-33191 I love Shakespearean chickens! :chicken: I love Shakespearean chickens! :chicken:

]]> By: Suzette http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/the-bright-day-is-done/#comment-33190 Suzette Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:09:18 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4588#comment-33190 Whew! You had me worried that you were going to EAT those old, dirty eggs!! Many years ago, we cleaned some duck eggs out of a nest near our apartment, and apparently, they were older than we thought. They were waaaaay far gone. And exploded! They sounded like bombs going off the moment we touched them. Stink bombs! It was not a pretty scene! So, the moral is...gather ye olde eggs carefully! P.S. Your chickens are soooo beeeutiful! Whew! You had me worried that you were going to EAT those old, dirty eggs!!

Many years ago, we cleaned some duck eggs out of a nest near our apartment, and apparently, they were older than we thought. They were waaaaay far gone. And exploded! They sounded like bombs going off the moment we touched them. Stink bombs! It was not a pretty scene! So, the moral is…gather ye olde eggs carefully!

P.S. Your chickens are soooo beeeutiful!

]]> By: Imogene Birdette http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/the-bright-day-is-done/#comment-33188 Imogene Birdette Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:10:01 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4588#comment-33188 We have a timer in our chicken house. The light comes on at three o'clock in the morning and goes off at 8a.m. This gives the hens the extra light they need to keep laying through the winter. Also, too many roosters will wear them out and could break their backs and ribs. Your roosters look really large. Just a word of caution..we have one Silver-spangled Hamburg rooster for 13 hens. We have a timer in our chicken house. The light comes on at three o’clock in the morning and goes off at 8a.m. This gives the hens the extra light they need to keep laying through the winter. Also, too many roosters will wear them out and could break their backs and ribs. Your roosters look really large. Just a word of caution..we have one Silver-spangled Hamburg rooster for 13 hens.

]]> By: catslady http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/the-bright-day-is-done/#comment-33187 catslady Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:02:15 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4588#comment-33187 I'm amazed that a heat lamp is enough in this cold! I’m amazed that a heat lamp is enough in this cold!

]]> By: Estella http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/the-bright-day-is-done/#comment-33186 Estella Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:36:42 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4588#comment-33186 Love the chickens! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! Love the chickens!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

]]> By: Judy Shubert http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/the-bright-day-is-done/#comment-33185 Judy Shubert Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:07:45 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4588#comment-33185 :chicken: Absolutely beautiful pictures of adorable (can chickens be adorable?) chickens!! Love your blog. I'm tagging you so we can all learn more about you. Come on over to http://genealogytraces.blogspot.com on see how to play. :chicken: Absolutely beautiful pictures of adorable (can chickens be adorable?) chickens!! Love your blog.

I’m tagging you so we can all learn more about you. Come on over to http://genealogytraces.blogspot.com on see how to play.

]]> By: Dru http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/the-bright-day-is-done/#comment-33183 Dru Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:19:47 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4588#comment-33183 I love Spartacus. I love Spartacus.

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