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I would think a 1" diameter branch would be right for bantams, so 3 cm sounds good. I don't know about the flat part. You could try rounding off the edges. It would probably be easier to just go cut a straight branch and put that up than to try and round off the edges of a small diameter...

If they have small chicks with no juvenile feathers, it would be natural for them to stay with them on the ground. If the chicks can fly/jump, here is what I would do: Go in at night. Find the bird you think is the flock leader. Pick that one up and put it on the perch. Once that one is...

I'd try higher roosts. Try putting some in at the height of the window sill.

How high is your roost? From 3-5 weeks old, my chicks never much used the roosts in the brooder, they were maybe 2" high. However, the first night in the coop, about a dozen used the 2' high roost. The next week, about 16 were using the roost. The next week it is 20 of 25.