A non event - for me that would be perfect!Boring!
I filmed tonight's roosting in the main coop. 15 minutes of film and nothing to show for it except a confused mean Aurora.
I am named the roosts after the hens most associated with them. Here is a chart for your reference.
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Betty jumped up on the Daisy roost. Tried it out for a bit and then jumped down and went into the nest box. I wish she would not do that. They were full of poop when I cleaned them out today.
The next 19 minutes were spent watching Aurora scratch around in the new straw, chasing Lady Featherington out a she tried to scratch around. Once Aurora was done scratching around she ran Hattie out of the coop and spent a solid 5 minutes trying to choose a roost.
She got up onto the Daisy roost and tried to go from there to the Maleficent roost. However there is no direct jump from Daisy to Maleficent. So she hoped down, checked them all out again, and then went back to her normal spot on the Lilly Roost.
When Aurora went up, Sydney came down as she had already roosted while Aurora was stomping around.
Hattie came back in the coop and lay down in front of the camera.
Once she settled and the view cleared, Sydney went back up on the Lilly Roost next to Aurora.
The end. Everyone is where they always are.
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I saw Hattie there last night when I checked in, I had hoped she would get up on the one roost. But you know my silkies want to roost in the bottom nest box, I move them if they do because of the rat I saw there in the Hen House
Can you block the nest box so Bettie can’t get in?
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. Maybe they need some time to decide to change?
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