sleeping arrangements

My husband and I are brand new chicken parents. Our four Buff Orpingtons are now 5 weeks old, and we recently noticed a concerning habit when we turn the lights off at night. Instead of going under the EcoGlow to sleep, our girls will squash themselves into the very corner of the brooder and...

Ok so I received two 3 year old Embden geese about 2 weeks ago. They are mated for life. We got them to deter air predators as we’ve had quite the issue with them this year and so far, they have been doing a good job. We are also keen on them to alert us if there is anybody on our property as we...

We recently built a coop for three bantam Cochin pullets out of pallets and plywood. Since this is our first coop and flock, I am learning quickly that some of my design ideas are not working out. My immediate question is around water and food contamination. Right now we have a feeder and...

Hi. I have 5 buff Orpingtons 17 weeks old. They have an Omlet Igloo for a coop. Tonight I noticed that one of them was sleeping on top of the rest. There’s space for all 5 to roost in this coop, any idea why one would sleep on top of the others? Thank you for the help.

About two weeks ago we fully integrated five legbars into our small flock and they mostly have been sleeping on the floor of the coop. The last few days a few have found their way up but now one of our red sex links has made her way DOWN! there's some tweaks to be made to our coop but I'm...

I have six chickens and five of them have decided they don't like one. She is the least aggressive so that makes her an easy target. She has stopped sleeping in the coop at night and is instead sleeping outside. Last night I put her in after everyone was in for the night but I don't if that...

My chickens are free range with a coop they get locked into at night for protection. Last night only two out of three came back. Thought maybe a predator got her. Came out in the morning and she was hanging out like nothing happened. we come out this evening to lock them up again and only two...

Hello all! I have four lovely girls. One of these girls believes it is her God given right to sleep in the egg box. Then of course she takes a nice poo before she leaves in the morning to join the others. I am fed up. We tried blocking the entrance every night for a week. It worked for two days...

We have an assortment of chickens- a Buff Orpington, RI Red, Silverlaced Wyandotte and an Andalusian. They get along fine as far as we can tell...however, lately, only the Buff Orp is sleeping inside the actual coop. The other three are sleeping on a roosting bar in the pen underneath the...