Our chicken (Snuggles) thinks it's much better to sleep on top of the coop at night instead of in it. The others put themselves to bed, but she gets on top. I have put chicken wire up there to discourage her, mostly because we had a cat visitor the other day. I think Snuggles pecked the cat...
I have 4 hens that are around 6 months old. They are SOOOO noisy in the mornings! They just started laying about a week ago and I do hear the egg laying "song" before and after one lays and egg but also just a lot of other loud noises. Will they quiet down after a while?