Chickenman MAN
Songster
I recently made an a-frame perch with three perches about 3 inches, 1 foot and 2 foot off the ground... they haven’t used it at all yet and have only walked over the lowest one... do you think they will ever use it? My hens seem peculiar in the way that they haven’t jumped over their 4-5 foot fence yet and haven’t jumped on the 3 foot high feed cover or the 2 foot water container... is in this normal? I thought hens loved perching and found it easy to get on top of these sorts of heights... is it just because they are ex bats? (I haven’t seen any attempt it... so I doubt it is because of the lack of wing feathers) Should I encourage this sort of behaviour? If so, how?