Do pekins roost?

[Helen_Jayne]

I just got a young pekin and was wondering if they tend to stay on the floor? It doesn't look very aerodynamic. Thanks

 

[featheredplanets]

They roost. They sometimes need them lower than you’d usually put them for larger birds. Mine are about 2.5ft off their coop floor. My frizzled Pekin roosts on them too.

 

[Gray Farms]

Pekin chickens or Pekin ducks?

 

[tn_artist]

All of mine do. The frizzled cochin/pekin can not get as high, so I lift her up to the higher roost, so she isn't alone. Our youngest is about 10-11 weeks and he has started roosting instead of huddling on the ground with the other youngsters. Only my young silkies are not roosting. They have a ladder into the coop, but are intimidated by the older chickens.