Unsecure chicken perches

[emmastar]

Hi all i have a mix of bantams and LF and tonight they seam to have seperated into 2 groups for the second night running .

2 silkies and 2 peekings in the next box of the cube all snug and the other large girls together on the roosting bars Do you think that the bantams will mix with the LF on the roosting bars in time ? its easyer to clean the main section and not have to strip the next box each day .

[lindafw]

my little rooster always used to sleep in the nest box...he has graduated to perching on the entrance...on a good day he faces head into the box so no need to clean lol So hopefully it will change as they grow

[JanTheDiver]

I got three new girls on Saturday and the new ones are sleeping in the nest and the old girls are roosting in the cube, but I am hoping they will all be roosting in the cube sometime soon.

 

Or am I just hopefull....

[Margaret]

Mine take it in turn, so much so that each night its earlier and earlier so at least three can cram in the nest box,

who goes to bed first gets the comfy bed.

Have newspaper and a thick layer of Aubiose in there and just pick up poo in morning, really easy and not too messy.

Have tried lifting them out but go straight back in so have given up.

[Will-99]

I have two Bantams, they used to always sleep in one of the nest boxies. But the other night They both were up perching on the top on the Pen House with the other.

 

I think as they get older they will get up to perch with the others!