Thanks Everyone! I did end up putting the roosts above the shelving area! Three of the leghorns where on them tonite!
Not everyone is roosting yet, and yes, they are sleeping in the nesting boxes a few of them, cuddled up together. It has been cold, and they are still young. I have read...
Huh. Ok. They are Ameracanas & Leghorns; so they could fly? Or! I could use the space under the existing boxes--and problem solved! Somehow I thought they had to be higher.
Good to know they don't--thanks!
Okay! I'm gonna have 25 hens --- gonna need more nest boxes. So, I have pictures and I need your help, please! I thought I'd put more above the ones I have; but I have NO idea how to provide them access!!!
This is the area in the left corner, above the ladder and that section of the...