tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343418039422454577.post300899922700806064..comments2024-01-12T06:15:58.743-05:00Comments on Hillside Homestead: Confusion in the dark.Couretonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07345010106705079453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343418039422454577.post-32100474962946523252015-12-22T11:13:36.973-05:002015-12-22T11:13:36.973-05:00There's so much to learn about the behavior of...There's so much to learn about the behavior of poultry. I do worry about something like what you describe happening in the dark and coming out to a collapsed tree. The turkeys seem fairly wise though so I'll just continue trusting their instincts.Couretonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07345010106705079453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343418039422454577.post-49696953051196381932015-12-22T11:04:55.619-05:002015-12-22T11:04:55.619-05:00Oh, yes --- hurry, springtime! Adverse weather co...Oh, yes --- hurry, springtime! Adverse weather conditions bother my flock of chickens, too. Two years ago we had a bad ice storm that took down our 40 foot cedar tree where the chickens all slept. We watched the tree split in two; it took a few hours for it to completely fall to the ground. At "tuck-in time", what I always call the chickens' roosting time, my late, great rooster Ricky Ricardo led the hens to the laid-out tree. He stopped, stared, turned around and led the girs around the back of the house as if to say, "Well, let's see if it looks any better from the other side." There they came again. No change in the tree. They all pecked around for a few minutes and then flew up into the nearby pines. That's where the current flock stays now as well. Sensitive critters. All part of the adventure of farming!<br />Mary Ann Potterhttp://www.fromthestarcatcher.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com