- Apr 26, 2010
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Went to close the coop the other night and my 23 week old BLRW pullets were on the roost where the older hens have been for the last year and a half....the two older hens were in the nesting box for the night.......Why is this happening?
For weeks they were on opposite sides of the coop and the same roost....
One of the older Orp hens has been a HUGE bully to the BLRW....although this behavior has stopped somewhat since I confined the Orp for a week in a separate pen....
The pullets are getting more comfortable in the coop... hence the roosting ( they used to sleep on the ground in the same coop in the beginning)
The Orp only bullies at times of feeding and when one of the pullets makes the mistake of getting too close to her........The other older hen is a Production Red that can care less about the whole situation.....
My question still lingers above....why have the older hens taken to the nesting box to sleep at night?
For weeks they were on opposite sides of the coop and the same roost....
One of the older Orp hens has been a HUGE bully to the BLRW....although this behavior has stopped somewhat since I confined the Orp for a week in a separate pen....
The pullets are getting more comfortable in the coop... hence the roosting ( they used to sleep on the ground in the same coop in the beginning)
The Orp only bullies at times of feeding and when one of the pullets makes the mistake of getting too close to her........The other older hen is a Production Red that can care less about the whole situation.....
My question still lingers above....why have the older hens taken to the nesting box to sleep at night?