doughouse
Songster
So I've got a little flock of five birds: three are 12 weeks old and two are 10 weeks old. When they were in the brooder I built them a little roost to perch on but they mostly slept on the floor in a little cuddle puddle. Fine, I thought, they're young still and the roost is just there if they want to use it. They'd sit on it sometimes during the day but that's it.
We moved them out to the coop when they were 4 and 6 weeks old, and the little roost I made for their brooder moved with them. Still, they slept in the cuddle puddle on the floor. Last weekend I decided to just go ahead and build the roost that would live in the coop with them permanently. It's a 2x4, flat side up, that's about 19 inches off the ground. They've had it a week and still, no interest. They sleep in a cuddle puddle on the ground.
So my question: they'll figure the roost out at some point, right? Or will they just always sleep on the ground until I intervene in some way?
We moved them out to the coop when they were 4 and 6 weeks old, and the little roost I made for their brooder moved with them. Still, they slept in the cuddle puddle on the floor. Last weekend I decided to just go ahead and build the roost that would live in the coop with them permanently. It's a 2x4, flat side up, that's about 19 inches off the ground. They've had it a week and still, no interest. They sleep in a cuddle puddle on the ground.
So my question: they'll figure the roost out at some point, right? Or will they just always sleep on the ground until I intervene in some way?