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Results of mining old and mostly dead threads. Roosting has been a major issue for me for some time. Lots of cool behaviors go with it. The very best images no longer accessible for some reason.

I keep many of mine in pens that are just over 5' high. When they are allowed out, many will roost on top of same pen they were in. Others will roost in a tree that is fairly close, usually within 20' of pen. Clipping wings may deny option of roosting higher up increasing odds they will move...

By high, I mean 6' or higher. You game hens will could think 35' feet or more is higher. Relative terms.

Typically, the fully adult rooster would roosting with the adult hens. That not occurring indicates roosting arrangements too tight. Rooster being polish may degrade his ability to roost in more elevated locations. He can not see well enough to see need for better accommodations.

Mine are hardwired to roost up. Hen coop / pen to small, they will not stay with it even after 6 months. What I do is modify the coops to provide more up. For nesting, I make so nest are more dispersed but otherwise more attractive than natural options. Show pictures of your coops. Have...

They look like straight / pure American Game hens. That is a breed I would suspect above ALL others that would be able to persist in a feral state. They can be flightly, but even when acquired as flighty adults, they are easy to tame. I start feeding them much smaller amounts of feed each...

Show a picture of these hens.