Hayleybug Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I have just put a new plastic table in the WIR with the Eglu at one end and the anti-broody cage on the other end. This is exactly the same setup as before just with a new table. Since I did this the girls have jumped up to the top of the anti-broody cage and stayed up there over night instead of going into the Eglu?! The Eglu is clean and no evidence of bugs or nasties, the only difference is the table! could they just be scared of the new table? or can chooks just simply change their preferences and decide to sleep outside of the Eglu just because they can??! will have a closer investigate but am working away until tomorrow night, having to work on reports from OH who is scared of them so wont lift them down off the cage which I did last night with the littlest one who refused to get down! any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Mine have always chosen to sleep al fresco (within the WIR) . Even now when I have 2 eglus and 6 girls, I've only ever had a couple of them find their own way into an eglu, having to manually put the others to bed . They know their own minds, that's for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 If you want them to go into the eglu could remove the broody cage for now, assuming it is not in use at the moment and see where they sleep then. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Or remove the table and see if they go back to the Eglu. Is the Eglu on the ground or raised? Could it be the new table had added height and so they're now preferring some extra hight in their roost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayleybug Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Thanks for the replies everyone! The table is the same height as the previous table, and everything is in the same place as it was before. the only difference is that this table is white plastic topped instead of the red formica I had in there before! The Eglu was freshly cleaned and sanitized with powders and smite on sunday and then the table arrived on monday so I put it in then. Since that point they have taken to roosting on top of the A-B cage. Random little monkeys!!! WIll try taking it out and see what they do then, perhaps putting some of the woodchip on the table top too to try and blend in the colour a bit! just when I thought i had figured them out, they start behaving oddly!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
