Hello everyone, this is my first post, I am new and very excited about my new chickens.
My dad and I built a coop for 2 of our chickens, but then we decided to set them free in our backyard and not to use the coop anymore.
Every night, the chicken fly up and sleep on the windows edge of my kitchen even though we use a stick to make a place for them to sleep on.
My question is how do we tell them to sleep at one place. They like to sleep at the kitchen window, is it because there was light in the room?
Should we built a nest box for them? If we do, are they going to use it? She is very young, i don't know when she is going to lay her first egg. I want small chicks running around.
Please give me some advices, this is my first time trying to raise chickens. Also, should I clip their wing feathers, so they don't fly over my neighbor or the school right behind us? if we do, they won't be able to fly up so high to the roost place which very high.
Thank You
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My dad and I built a coop for 2 of our chickens, but then we decided to set them free in our backyard and not to use the coop anymore.
Every night, the chicken fly up and sleep on the windows edge of my kitchen even though we use a stick to make a place for them to sleep on.
My question is how do we tell them to sleep at one place. They like to sleep at the kitchen window, is it because there was light in the room?
Should we built a nest box for them? If we do, are they going to use it? She is very young, i don't know when she is going to lay her first egg. I want small chicks running around.
Please give me some advices, this is my first time trying to raise chickens. Also, should I clip their wing feathers, so they don't fly over my neighbor or the school right behind us? if we do, they won't be able to fly up so high to the roost place which very high.
Thank You
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