Hi, I am a chicken keeping newbie. I have 6 hens - 2 Araucanas, 2 Welsummers and 2 Plymouth Rocks. They are all fairly young (under 9 months) and I just got my first (araucana) egg yesterday. Over the last week or so the Plymouth Rocks have decided to stay on their perch all day. They won't even come down when I tempt them with scratch mix. I have had to pick them up and put them on the ground so that they go out and get food and water. They are the biggest chickens and generally rule the run when they are outside so I'm a bit confused as to why they are behaving like this. It's only the Plymouth Rocks that do this. Otherwise they all seem to get along well and the coop and run are larger than they really need. Space and aggression don't seem to be issues. Once I put them on the floor they spend the day outside like normal, they just won't come down if left to their own devices. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them...