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    6-8 week old chickes not roosting

    Ok, to everyone that was kind enough to give some input. It’s been 3 days with having a lower roost about 4-6 inches off the ground with no luck. All still huddled in the corner by the chicken coop opening and climbing all over each other. I installed a smart led light in the coop today. Have...
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    6-8 week old chickes not roosting

    Ok, I just have read that they are more prone to mites and illness sleeping on the ground. That’s why I was getting a little concerned. I’ll wait a bit longer and see
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    6-8 week old chickes not roosting

    They keep just jumping off the roost and joining the rest of the flock in the corner on the ground. During they day they are completely fine and have normal Behavior. Not overly anxious or anything. Any suggestions on a light to put in the there? Would a blue light work to simulate moon light?
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    6-8 week old chickes not roosting

    Given what everyone has been saying I put a 2x4 across around 4-6 inches from the ground for now. I’m thinking I’ll need to put some sort of light in there though. Does anyone know of a decent light that will hit effect their circadian rhythm? We have Plymouth Barred rocks, blue rocks, whiting...
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    6-8 week old chickes not roosting

    Ok, so maybe I should add a lower one? I have one at 20 inches and one at 36 inches. They are 1 inch bars I believe. But they are square not circular. I didn’t put one lower than 20 Because I still wanted them to be able to Go Underneath it for space if they wanted to. But maybe they can just...
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    6-8 week old chickes not roosting

    So lighting isn’t a problem? I think that’s the consensus. Just be patient and time. I don’t think all 13 of them will fit on the lower roost. Might have to put some on the higher one. Will they be fine getting down without injuring themselves? Google provides a ton of information which is a...
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    6-8 week old chickes not roosting

    We have electricity running out to the coop Incase we need a heat lamp in the winter. So we have the capability of putting a light if needed. We have 13 girls so placing them all up on the roost at night could be difficult. Is 20 inches and 36 inches too high for the roosts? Should I add another...
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    6-8 week old chickes not roosting

    I just posted some pictures. I feel like they might all stay by the chicken door before I close it because it’s still a little bit light there. But I’m not sure.
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    6-8 week old chickes not roosting

    Can’t believe I got all these responses so quick. Looking through all of them now. They are staggered. So one is 20 inches and the other is 36 inches
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    6-8 week old chickes not roosting

    Hello all, New member here. I have a question about roosting. We moved the chickens out of the brooding box to the coop at 6 weeks. I have 2 roosting bars in the coop but they seem to all congregate right at the chicken door opening when they go to the coop at night. They don't seem to be...
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    Chicken Run ideas

    Nice, that was very similar to what I was thinking. Do you put hardware cloth on the bottom portion or the whole thing? Do you also cover the front and back with hardware cloth as well?
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    Chicken Run ideas

    That’s kind of what I was thinking. But was trying to maybe find some different ways to go about designing it.
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    Chicken Run ideas

    Hello all! Almost finished building our first chicken coop for our 13 girls. Actually picked up The coop idea from a thread on here so shout out to My6chicks. I’m looking for some run ideas now. I don’t want to go over the top with it considering the coop was much more expensive than I...
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