jwsmith1959
Songster
I am a very early riser most days and sometimes am up at odd hours in the night. When I can't sleep or up super early, I will go out back for a bit of fresh air and to just listen to the night sounds. I have about 8 acres and my coop is about 50 yards behind my driveway. Almost always I hear noises coming from the coop. I have a lean-to at one end that has a plastic corrugated roof and I am pretty sure one of the hens is roosting on the high end.
What I am hearing is a hollow sound like they are bumping around on top of the lean-to roof or on the plywood tops of the nesting boxes. I know they can't really walk on that roof as it is slippery and they would slide down it. Just wondering if Chickens are normally active at all during the night. I have no lights out there and I don't want to go out there and disturb them for no real reason. I also don't like walking through the grass in the dark as we do have snakes around.
Just curious. Here is a photo of the lean-to.
What I am hearing is a hollow sound like they are bumping around on top of the lean-to roof or on the plywood tops of the nesting boxes. I know they can't really walk on that roof as it is slippery and they would slide down it. Just wondering if Chickens are normally active at all during the night. I have no lights out there and I don't want to go out there and disturb them for no real reason. I also don't like walking through the grass in the dark as we do have snakes around.
Just curious. Here is a photo of the lean-to.
