roosting bar

  1. StefneyRSA

    Why do my Orpingtons prefer to huddle together on the floor instead of roosting or using their nests at night? How should I design their coop?

    Why do my Orpingtons (bantam and regular) prefer to huddle up on the floor at night instead of roosting on their perch? I’m busy drawing up plans for a luxurious coop for them to sleep in (this will be inside of a very big catio-inspired run/enclosure/aviary in my backyard). They’ve been in a...
  2. R

    First Night In New Coop

    Hello All! So last night was move in day for my babies into their new coop. There are still some tweaks and additions we plan on making but there was no reason to keep them out of their new home any longer. Let me just say, I got VERY little sleep because I was checking on them most of the...
  3. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Using Old Log In Run - Safety?

    Hi all, This is a strange and random and probably stupid question. I found a really cool log in the woods by my house. It naturally as legs that act like "stands" and prop it up, making it a sort of low-level roosting bar. My chickens love lounging on things like this. I'd like to use it in...
  4. KerriChick

    Pecking Order and Roosting Issues

    My 4 girls (18 weeks mixed flock, RIR, Buff Brahma, Buff Orpington, Cuckoo Marans) have been slowly working out their pecking order in our suburban back yard. They all seem to get along fine during the day-while they are out and about, there is no feather picking or major fighting behavior minus...
  5. Vanessa Elle

    Nesting boxes

    As a first time chick mom I am learning as I go but I'm a little stumped with how I should try to introduce or encourage the chicks to start getting used to their nesting boxes. They have been in their big coop for a month and they just haven't been interested in the nesting boxes. They are just...
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  6. HippieAtHeart

    Help with roosting bar placement

    So my husband and I were gifted a chicken coop, it did not have adequate roosting space for the amount of chickens we will have (10). We built this addition for roosting space. It’s approximately 34” wide and is an A frame with the lowest depth being about 5’. How would you suggest to add...
  7. Norma_Lorp

    Roosting bar confusion

    today I removed one of my two roosting bars bc the two girls who’d use the bottom one would get pooped on by the top girls. Added a new bar further away from the line of fire. Not much different in where it was but 100% better. I went to close the coop door for bedtime and one is sleeping in a...
  8. L

    Designing Chicken Coop - Concrete Floors and Removable Liners Underneath Roosting Bars

    I apologize in advance...I think that I previously posted my questions in the wrong section of this forum....I'm new to this forum. :) Good Morning!!! We're raising eight new laying chicks. My husband is converting an old garden shed into a chicken coop and we have a TON of questions. Here we...
  9. msmeg26

    Questioning now that my coop is too small....

    I am very much in the planning phase and as I am using mainly salvaged materials I am taking an extreme amount of time to make sure nothing is wasted... To start I was planning a 6x6 coop with exterior mounted nesting boxes... Now as I am working to add in the roosts I am wondering if I have...
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