Storms and chickens

[fdotr]

We have our hens 2 weeks now. When they arrived the rotary washing line was in place, and the Eglu went between it and the house. A few days ago I put in a new rotary line tube (in post mix), so that we could move the line and have the option of putting the Eglu in different places. The hope is that the grass can recover in the old places  

This evening the ladies were more lively than usual, stayed up late, and at one point all 3 were huddled on a kitchen window sill. 

I’m now wondering if they got used to nesting between the line (and clothes) and the house, and found the new Eglu location (plus dark space behind it) too unsettling. The kitchen window sill was between the new rotary line location and the house and the window sill isn’t much higher than the floor of the Go Up  

We eventually put them in the run, and they did make their way into the house. 

[Beantree]

Chickens have spacial memory, so if you move their coop they may not be able to find it, especially if it doesn't match their picture memory. We discovered this when we moved a coop about 10 metres whilst they were free ranging. In the evening they were huddled on the lawn, in exactly the position where the coop was. After putting them into the coop they were fine next evening, having adjusted to its new location.