sleeping in the nest boxes

I have eight, nine-week-old pullets. They used to sleep in a dog-pile on the floor of their coop (night time temps range from 26-35F). Three days ago I saw all but one dog-piled into a nesting box at bed time. I assumed they were trying to stay warm. The one loner I think has bad vision and is a...

I have a flock of 7 hens. my oldest girls are a 3 year old BR and a 18 month old brown leghorn (bantam). 3 months ago I merged 5 - 8 week old pullets. They did fine no blood but the big girls did chase the little girls and the two groups hung apart for most of the last 3 months. They are...

I have two Silkie's, a hen and a rooster.They sleep curled up in a nest box together or in the corner of their coop. They don't go on the roost. They can get to the roost I think,because there's a low bar like two feet in the air that they can jump onto and then from there they should be able to...