Ive been deliberating and after reading this I believe I am going to make a change on my roost. Its only been in place about a week but what hencam said about their feet gripping around something makes sense and just seems like what they prefer more than the wide flat surface. Im also basing...
I am a langstroth bee keeper. One, its readily available equipment and the most common amongst the keepers I know. Also, I personally just believe it is a more natural setting for the bees to build on. I do hive removals and the wild hives I deal with nine times out of ten they are built...
Just about finished with my first coop for my first flock of 11 Barred Rocks. Nearly everything on this was free, scrap, or salvaged in some way leaving me to only have about $60 invested in it. The old tin I recovered the shed with came off of the remnants of an old barn my great grandfather...