Do silkies roost?

[plester01]

all of my silkies roost. They are in with a couple of milie fluers and one seabright. I guess they learned from the others.

 

[joebryant]

I have ten Orpington chicks that are eleven weeks old and one silkie hen that's a year old. All of my Orpingtons roost, but the silkie wants to stay on the floor in a corner by herself. I built all levels/sizes of roosts for her, but she refused to use them all. I finally gave up.
BTW, she's now broody and in her own coop alone with eight fertile silkie eggs that I bought for her to hatch. Hope she succeeds. I will only keep one white female chick and one splash female chick. The rest I'll give away. The two will be good company for her.

 

[meriruka]

I have 7 that do, two that don't. The roost is only 4 inches off the ground, though.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

My Silkies roost. There roost is about 24 inches off of the ground. When they are young, they have roosts of various sizes from day one.

 

[Chellester]

None of my silkies will roost on a typical roost. I have two old grape boxes in the corner of their pen lined with pine shavings, and they will either huddle up inside or roost on the sides.

 

[NYREDS]

Because of the way Silkie feathers are formed they can't fly so they can't get up on a very high roost. Look at the difference between a Silkie's wing and the wing of a normally feathered bird & think of how birds fly. They do it by "scooping" air with their wing feathers. Silkie feathers don't catch enough air th allow them to fly.
They will sometimes use a low roost which them can jump up on.

 

[purplebaby]

mine sleep in a pile in a deck planter box. i finally gave up on roosting them and gave in.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Mine roost. They can get up to a foot or so off the ground on their own then they use steps to get higher. If there is a ladder type roost available they will go to the very top rung! They're hatchery stock.

They are also housed with other breeds that do roost so that might have influenced them.

 

[Easter_pink_silkies]

silkies dont fly, but they do enjoy being as high up as they can, mine roost on and in one of the nesing boxs every night, while my other flock of silkies just sleeps in front of the pen door