Just hanging out with Scarlett and Ina.
It has been cold here at night. Well, by No. California standards anyway. Time to put away the flip flops and switch to regular shoes.
We thought it might be too cold for the chickens so we rigged up a heat lamp in their coop for them. Basically it was just a 60 watt bulb that we clamped to the rafter in their coop.
When it gets dark they tuck themselves into bed. They all march up their little gang plank and settle into their spots. Some like to sleep in the nesting boxes and other like to sleep on the perches.
Only this time when they got into their coop they were a little confused. It was light in there. Daytime already? So they all marched back down. Then they looked around, rubbing their brows in confusion (well if they actually COULD do that, they would have) – it was dark again. So up the gang plank they went. Wait a minute – it's light again! So back down they went.
This went on for a half an hour. Finally we took pity on them and drove to the pet store and bought a ceramic heat bulb that doesn't emit any light. Just heat. We switched it out and they settled right down.
Silly girls.
Here they are helping me hang Christmas lights on the deck.
They like to be where the action is.
And now they want to come inside and have a cup of hot chocolate.
Yea, I have to do the same thing. I discovered I could get one of those ceramic heaters that come on and off as the temperature rises to work too. I just hung it upside down from the roof of the coop. It ran a lot cheaper than the light on my electric bill. almost time to tuck my chickies in for the winter.
Debbie
They’re beautiful – thanks for sharing!
I LOVE this story! What would you do without those hens!
What a great blog post! It put such a smile on my face.
Wow… they have gotten so big!
Love your ‘girls’ hanging out with you. . .! . . . & you had me cracking-up over the light bulb in the coop. I’m still trying to decide whether they were really smart or. . . not so much. (. . . Now if they really did want to come in for hot cocoa – then I’m leaning toward smart!)
xo, Bren
They’re too cute for words!
I just love those sweet chickies!
Brenda