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I haven't got six birds, I've got four! Inside there are two roosting bars and then a nice nest for laying. Ever since I got hens they've preferred to sleep in the nest than to roost on the bars. Agree it would be too small for six.

PS the new girls did have their own nest to sleep in but then spontaneously went into the big girls' nest last week, so I removed their temporary one as I'd rather they were in together and saw where the best place to lay was, etc).

Hi!, I've put some pictures below. The coop is about 1m by 4m (so about 3ft by 12?), but they're never shut in there apart from at night. I have an outside run attached to that which is an odd shape but it's probably about 12ft square ish. There's a gate (which hasn't been closed since lockdown...

Thank you! I did wonder whether she needed a little spell in chicken prison. I might give it another week to see how she gets on, and if no better, in she goes!

Hi all, I'm fairly new to this chicken-business - have been keeping them since about last May. Anyway, we currently have four hens - two came to us in February (Jester and Jemima), and two more pullets joined us three weeks ago. Jester is very much top hen - top of the pecking order, a huge...