Dhkoenig
Songster
Poor Frodo doesn't know how pretty she is. She is 6 months old and the bottom of the pecking order of 9 ladies. I really think they are just jealous (LOL) but so every night during the nightly scuffle, everyone else perches and she winds up on the poopy board. Every night I move her. I started wondering about maybe if it is uncomfortable for her with those furry boots to grab the roost. Then I started reading about them being heavy and not liking to perch high. I don't have the configuration to put a lower perch in where it wont interfere with poopy boards or a door/window etc...so today I had the brilliant idea of putting a small teak table in there that was a bit lower than the roosts but a nice flat surface like the poopy boards. Only problem is they all had to walk under it to get into the coop. On the cam tonight I only saw 8 girls. When I went out, the automatic door was closed and she was outside in the run up on a high perch. It is really windy and high 20s. From everything I have read about them not liking to perch high and worrying about her feet, I brought her into the coop but I put her in a nesting box. I figured for tonight at least, she can be on ground level and in a nice pile of hemp/bedding instead of perching with her giant feathery feet or on a poopy board. Now I am worried because what if the nesting box is drafty? There is about 1/2 inch of a gap between the lift-up top of the nesting box and not sure if a draft can make it cold in there? Now i am so worried that in my quest to give her a night off from having to grip a perch or sleep on a poopy board, that I may have made her cold! Any thoughts on this? sorry so long
