Hello ~
I have had chickens for nearly 30 years. Now that the kids are almost all grown up and gone the chickens are getting to be more and more fun. We built a new Coop (I call it Coupe de View) and it is built after the Fresh Air Coops from the early 1900's. We live in Northern Calif, so we don't get really cold ( well, if you think 35 degrees one or two nights a yr. is cold) we do get some hot stretches so ventilation is really important. I made some easy to clean roosts that are removable and some pretty sweet poop trays~lol. I will post some pics of the coop and chickens.
Right now we have 14 girls~ roosters aren't allowed in our town.
This is our 9 yr old Americana.
My question is: If all the chickens go to roost inside the coop and one chicken will NOT, insisting on roosting in trees, how can I break her of this habit? Our chickens free range during the day so she can roost outside the coop, just wondering why she does this? She is a White faced Black Spanish (light bodied bird, very tame and I have clipped her wing) she still roosts up in the tree.
Don't want to loose her to the racoons....
Any ideas?
Thanks alot,
I have had chickens for nearly 30 years. Now that the kids are almost all grown up and gone the chickens are getting to be more and more fun. We built a new Coop (I call it Coupe de View) and it is built after the Fresh Air Coops from the early 1900's. We live in Northern Calif, so we don't get really cold ( well, if you think 35 degrees one or two nights a yr. is cold) we do get some hot stretches so ventilation is really important. I made some easy to clean roosts that are removable and some pretty sweet poop trays~lol. I will post some pics of the coop and chickens.
Right now we have 14 girls~ roosters aren't allowed in our town.
This is our 9 yr old Americana.
My question is: If all the chickens go to roost inside the coop and one chicken will NOT, insisting on roosting in trees, how can I break her of this habit? Our chickens free range during the day so she can roost outside the coop, just wondering why she does this? She is a White faced Black Spanish (light bodied bird, very tame and I have clipped her wing) she still roosts up in the tree.
Don't want to loose her to the racoons....
Any ideas?
Thanks alot,