Chickens wont get out of tree

[oinkpiggieoink]

Hello, I was over at my grandfather in law's home a few times in the past couple week's and there are 5 chickens that have gotten to the top of his orange tree(we live in florida)they refuse to get out and I was just wondering if that is normal behavior. the only time they come out is when we feed his cat's, they come down from the tree and eat with the cats. lol while it is cute I was just curious about it. I did get some wonderful pictures of them in the tree. 3 are tinier grey ones with spots and 2 are big chunky white ones with a orange chest. any idea's on what kind of chickens they are? thank you ^_^

 

[The Lazy L]

Could you post the pictures?

 

[oinkpiggieoink]

Yea I just gotta find my camera

 

[oinkpiggieoink]

I could not get a picture of the smaller ones because they were so high up in the tree. I guess I remembered wrong about the orange tree. This is next to the orange tree. I remember thinking the oranges might have something to do with the reason they are there.

 

[Clay Mudd]

They look awfully comfortable.

One of my hens used to like to go to roost in a tree next to the coop instead of going inside at night. I finally got tired of getting her down and pruned the tree mercilessly.

 

[theoldchick]

Well, they are staying safe from ground predators (Dogs) while being in the trees. I wonder if they have been chased excessively to the point of simply staying hidden in the branches. Those chickens have found a way to survive: staying hidden and eating when food is available.


Ps: When I was a kid in Florida, I stayed in the abandoned orange groves for hour playing in the trees. They were excellent climbing trees. And the oranges were awesome!