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Heres a silly question...Timothy hay and grass the same thing?

Maybe Ill put mostly hay with shredded paper on top. ... Still would like them to learn to sleep on the roosts not in the boxes

Thanks egh, Boy your coop is clean. My 24 birds make a heck of a mess... Maybe I will just change the bedding everyday...

I was thinking a square of plywood with a support to stand on the back (kind of like a picture frame). I am hoping that this would be a temporary routine, only until they learn to sleep on the roosts. What do you think?

Ok so, I leaned a square of plywood across the box openings. The girls (and boy) MOVED the wood in order to sleep in the boxes. I will have to find something heavier, or resign myself to changing the bedding everyday. I am really tired of cleaning a dozen poopy eggs everyday.

OOH good idea. THe roost you showed looks very much like what we have in the coop already. I'll try covering the boxes tomorrow night. Can't wait to see if it works. Im already comfy and dont feel like getting dressed to walk on the icy road to barn tonight! Thanks for the good idea.

We converted one of the stalls in our barn to be the "Winter coop" The boxes are way off the ground with a wide ladder of perches leading up to them. Even though there are perches and bedding on the floor, the chickens (and the Roo) will bunch up together to sleep hanging out of the boxes...

Hello I'm new to the forum as of today. My first few posts have been in response to games...not really serious chicken buisness... We've had chickens for 3 years now, all Easter Egg chickens (gotta love those blue and green eggs!) On the floor inside the coop we use shavings, and inside the...