Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[Falkor]

Hi All,

 

My girls are 10 weeks old approx and until today had been sleeping on straw. They have never seen a roosting bar in their life!

 

I have put them in their new eglu and now they are all trying to get in the nesting box at once, I assume this is because I have put straw in there.

 

What should I do?

 

It is only the first night in there, so should I leave it and they will work it out for themselves or should I out some straw over/under the bars?

[moomin]

I got my two when they were 10 weeks and they slept in the nest box for about the first month then they seemed to grow out of it. But sometimes now I get poo in the nest box because one of them sleeps with her bum hanging over!

 

I would leave them be as they are only little. When they get more used to you and their home you can start making changes. It's not like you'll get poo-ey eggs as they won;t be laying for a while

[moomin]

Sorry misread your post

 

Not sure about putting straw down on top of the bars for them - hopefully someone will be along to advise you

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I've no experience of this but remembered there were posts a while ago about it. Hope they help .

 

http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=28277&hilit=chicks+roosting+bars

 

http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=32993&hilit=chicks+roosting+bars

[Egluntyne]

I left my little ones without roosting bars till they were around 12-14 weeks. I then put them in , but filled the space underneath them with Aubiose for a couple of weeks. After that I left the Aubiose out....and this worked well.