Chickens sleeping in run

[GreenbrierChickens]

So looks like my chickens have been sleeping in the run. Lots of feathers around but no hurt birds. Saw some mice running in the coop when I shined a flashlight in.

What else could be running chickens out of the coop? Seems odd. Never had this before. 7 chickens 4mo old. 1 roo in the set. Rainbow Dixie big roo. No tail feathers yet, just coming into it.

 

[GreenbrierChickens]

 

[cmom]

It could also be rats in the coops at night. Do you have a camera you can put out there to see?

 

[GreenbrierChickens]

Yeah, gonna set one up. I see some mice, but I thought once rats move in the mice run away. Hmm. Chickens don't want to come out during the day and don't want to go in at night. Whole new behavior in a coop I've had for 5 years. Never seen a rat on our property ever. I have hardware cloth over and under everything.

8x8 coop and 8x12' run. Just strange.

 

[Howard E]

More pictures of the coop please. This time of year, if not built for the conditions, it can be unbearable inside a coop. Could be they prefer the run to the unlikable conditions of the coop?

My daughter's first flock did that. Hand me down coop given to her by a neighbor was a poorly designed death trap. Birds far and away preferred roosting on the kids swing set. Till they got et.