Do you think chickens would like a playhouse?

[Lenny loves chickens]

Quite alot to be honest.

I will be out of town for a week but if I rember I will try and video it when I come back

 

[DobieLover]

I will be out of town for a week but if I rember I will try and video it when I come back

I would like to see that. Thank you.
Also, what else is in your run for enrichment?

 

[Lenny loves chickens]

I would like to see that. Thank you.
Also, what else is in your run for enrichment?

Swings,bug and a whole lot of tables and or kid playsets.....that are theres but they like them lol....they free range mostly

 

[MadGardener]

That has a lot of potential, actually - TY for the picture. I think I'd extend it with a flat roof in the front, then wait for the goats to hog all the space underneath it.

and now I can imagine having to build four or five of those.

Maybe I should not have been so quick to thank you.

I asked for a 45 degree roof to keep chickens off. A shallower angle would be no issue if rooftop hangouts are not a concern. DH cut 1 roof panel in half to do this, so it's just 1 piece from Lowe's. We'll swap it out for solid in a month or so. Light enough for me to carry braced against my thighs.

I do not recommend the rabbit feeders I'm using. Too much scooped oyster shell.

 

[Nicky S]

Mine love to sit on their feeder shelter. The boys, especially, use it as an overlook.

Yes, I thought they might enjoy inside and out.

 

[Nicky S]

A shelter for food/water/supplements sounds great to me. A roost would be a nice addition.

DH built me a "mobile chicken spa" that has a roost plus supplements, the girls love it.

That's so sweet - my girls would love a nice sunbathing session in there! I like that it's mobile so you can move it to get the sun.

 

[Nicky S]

Although this isn't in the league of an actual large 'playhouse' for hens, my hubby created this little "fort" with $1. worth of popsicle sticks from the Dollar Store a few years ago for our new baby chicks when they arrived. It was a "playhouse" for them and they loved it! They spent a lot of time playing in and on it.
Now, we have 3 baby chicks arriving tomorrow, and the little fort is already in the brooder for them!
I think chicks and hens love to 'play' with things!

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so adorable! I used my son's LEGO to build them a roosting bar support (for our babies) - thankfully it washed off well when they outgrew it

 

[DobieLover]

Idk mine love there perch swings and will sleep on the often

How much swinging happens when they get on them? It's likely more just a perch to them.

 

[Lenny loves chickens]

How much swinging happens when they get on them? It's likely more just a perch to them.

Quite alot to be honest.

 

[Sherry68lynn]

I've been wanting to build a play structure for mine, or repurpose a kids playset. I found this on Wayfair: https://www.wayfair.com/pet/pdp/coops-feathers-roosting-bars-frames-cofe1010.html

Wow, that is an elaborate one! Nice, your chickens are very lucky... we just have a play school one.