We have a board under where they roost. We just added that this summer. We got ducks and they will sleep under them. (we are building separate coup for ducks) I wish we put the board under where they sleep 4 years ago. I just scrape it off.
Wonderful insight to chicken behavior when compared to space. Never had I thought of each chicken having its own square foot, thus making the extra square footage “shared” space.
I have also heard that too much space is coddling behavior. I would rather my chickens have lots of space than to deal with behavioral issues; especially since they only get to free range for half the day.
