Nightime

[catlvr976]

I have a question. At night, do chickens become almost comatose? I hear everyone talk about nightime being the time to move them (like a broody hen and her nest), or do whatever.

When chickens sleep at night, are they just totally out of it? Do they not wake up at all until morning? I have this picture in my mind of chickens sleeping at night and a bomb could go off right outside their coop and they wouldn't even know it. Is that how they are?

 

[Newchickenmom&kids]

Well...hopefully some more experienced members will chime in but I know that when I've checked on ours...they wake up but are very much more calm than in daytime.

 

[birdlover]

I doubt mine are comatose since my rooster crows during the night!

However, yes, if it's dark, you can pick them up easily and move them around. That's when a lot of people...hmmm...how can I say this delicately?...that's when a lot of people take care of any chickens they plan on eating. (Get my drift?)