not perching

  1. EmmaO

    Brahma refuses to perch

    Hi all - I'm looking for advice about roosting behavior or lack thereof. I have a Brahma hen (a little over a year old) who refuses to perch at night. Instead she mostly sleeps in the nesting box. She perched with the 3 other birds until a couple months ago, then he just stopped. She is not...
  2. L

    Nobody sleeps in the right place

    Very funny. I have a older hen who lived by her own for several months and as winter approaches I think it would a bit hard for her to handle the cold by herself. so I bought 3 young pullets so ideally they would cuddle together at night. Surprisingly my older hen has been super nice and...
  3. DoubleYolk123

    New chickens stopped roosting?!

    Hi, I’ve had 3 brown hybrids since May, and about 4 weeks ago I got a light Sussex hybrid and 2 black copper maran hybrids. Housing them was a struggle at first, for 2 weeks we had a wire divider through the run and the indoor coop as well. So they could see each other at all times but not...
  4. WatkinsCluckers

    Does your Silkie do this?

    I have three Silkies, two barred rocks, and one sex link. My Silkies never perch on anything. When they go inside the coop to sleep, they’re always huddled together (no matter how hot) on the floor in the corner. While my three others love to find the tallest perch to sleep on. They’re even like...
  5. GhostGirlShannon

    Chickens won't perch in New barn

    Hello, we constructed a new Chicken Barn and it's very spacious with everything they could possibly want. The chickens refused to sit on the natural perch that my husband built. They prefer to huddle on the floor covered with pine chips. Why would they do this it's been about 5 days and...
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