Man Struggles to Corral Chickens at Night
A man attempts to gather his chickens into their enclosure after dark, but the birds remain perched on top of the coop. Because chickens have limited vision in low-light conditions and a natural instinct to roost in high places, they remain largely stationary while the man picks them up one by one to place them inside. The video highlights the challenges of managing poultry after sunset, as the birds are easily startled and often unable to navigate back into their shelter on their own once it gets dark.
Just close the door at sunset. They will freak out all night then The next day they will be sure to be in there before the door shuts. It’s really that simple.
They are basically blind at night. Be fckn quiet and you can basically just pick them up. Disease called night blindness (nuctalopia) that you can't see shit after sunset in polish language is called "chicken blindness".
That's exactly how you shouldn't do it. All I have to do is call out, "Girls, come home!" and they race across the yard—which is half the size of a soccer field—as if in a race. If I happen to come home later, they're already long gone, safely in the chicken coop. I just close th
This guy knows nothing about chickens. He's stressing them out needlessly, poor things
Most the time when at night chickens just shut down mentally and it's usually pretty easy to just walk up and pick them up with no issue.
First chicken - yoinked Second chicken - sure hope that doesn’t happen to m—FFF Third chicken - I’m sure I’m fin — what the bwuk Fourth - must’ve been the wind
they can't see in africa i mean, The dark
Leave them out overnight once. After a few become a midnight snack, maybe the rest will figure out where they need to be...
They cant see shit in low light
What a moron. Chickens (birds) have the so called “perching instinct”, they would sleep on trees in the wild, so put up some branches or sticks, inside the cage. Ideally at different heights because that’s what the hierarchy within the group needs. Their claws have a reflex to ho