Do your Silkie's get on a roost?

[king2]

I don't think that silkies like to fly(of course I know chickens don't fly but you no what I mean, don't you?

) too much. mine does roost, but the hen box is directly under part of the roost and he gets up on it and then the roost.

 

[Jsto]

My silkie girl roosts on the bottom roost (which is pretty near the floor, was intended more as kind of a step ladder than anything) for the most part, but will huddle with the big girls and roo on the top roost when it's a bit chilly out. Think that's out of necessity because she has no one to cuddle with on that bottom roost lol!

 

[Flufnstuffs~FluffySilkies]

As you may Know I am a silkie a holic

I have 9 pens of silkies and in each I have a roost.
I place the roosts in a corner in each pen about half
roost while the others cuddle in the corner behind the roost.

My silkie roosts are movable so the cleaning is easyer for me
I make them out of 3/4 foot sections cut from 2X2's
Placed 6 inches off the floor. I have about 60 birds.
so I would say 30 silkies roost and 30 silkies sleep in piles in the corner.

 

[silkiechicken]

All my silkies roost after about 6 months old... however, the roosts I have for them are either 6 inches or 24 inches from the ground...so it may almost be like sleeping in a pile... they prefer the lower roost.

 

[jmike]

I just joined and wanted to say hi to all.

 

[chickflick]

Welcome, jmike! Hope you enjoy us chicken nuts.

 

[jmike]

As far as do silkies roost, I to have some that do and some that don't.

 

[silkiechicken]

Welcome, feel free to go to "Me, My chickens, My Family" and post an introduction in your very own first thread!!

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

welcome jmike and my silkies hate anything higher than 2 feet high

 

[jmike]

I have a pair, a rooster and hen that go to the highest perch every night , about 4 ft off the ground