chickens snuggling up?

[the simple life]

They need to sleep together, like you said if the younger one gets too close the older one will give her a peck and let her know it, they will work it out themselves.
They really should be able to be together.
I have some that sleep on the roost and will squish together even though there is like two more feet of roost space on the end, the others like the silkies or the babies, will pile together in the corner on the floor, pig pile on top of each other.

 

[eeiko321]

yes what i have read is that, the chickens have a special language to thier own kind
and studies have found that, they have a special noise they make when in the coop sleeping.. to let others know that, all is well.
thats amazing..

i guess they are live stock animals...and they live in flocks simillar to sheep herds. they stick together, even though they wont do anything if they get attacked but run. i guess its thier way of raising thier chances of survival when they run.