greytgrey
Chirping
Just have to brag on my ladies. We've had them about 7 weeks, and are housing them in a loft we had built for pigeons. In other words, it's way more vertical than if we'd built expecting to get chickens. I did modify it slightly, by affixing some branch bits to a couple of 2 x 4s to make long ramps, and I tacked up one board underneath the high nesting boxes to serve as a balance beam/landing pad.
At first, the chickens slept piled together on the floor, but after a few weeks, one or two of them made it out onto what was the "flight deck" for the pigeons. Since then, they camp out beneath the stars every hot summer night.
Now, I've found two of them actually inside the nesting boxes (here's a picture of them just standing in front of them; I think they were waiting for me to go away).
Anyway, wanted to share my amazement at how versatile what my husband calls "ground birds" can be. Oh, and I did see one on one of the pigeon perches once, but not for long. I think that's probably asking a bit too much.
At first, the chickens slept piled together on the floor, but after a few weeks, one or two of them made it out onto what was the "flight deck" for the pigeons. Since then, they camp out beneath the stars every hot summer night.
Now, I've found two of them actually inside the nesting boxes (here's a picture of them just standing in front of them; I think they were waiting for me to go away).
Anyway, wanted to share my amazement at how versatile what my husband calls "ground birds" can be. Oh, and I did see one on one of the pigeon perches once, but not for long. I think that's probably asking a bit too much.
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