ASD Dad
Chirping
Their run is sort of free ranging. It is very large but enclosed on all sides with wire fence and the whole top is covered in hawk netting. Its probably close to 80' x 50'. Also includes a garden they love to forage around in. One nest is actually in the garden! I have two birds laying in there every day. My Cochin lays in her nest by the shed every day.
To answer the other question - my wife is trying to use these little tubs she found at a store. They are plenty large enough for one bird and we have straw and a golf ball in two of those in the coop. They are currently on the floor. We had them sitting up about 6" and also about 12" but they were ignored. They are still ignored.
Their outdoor nests are tiny in comparison, just small depressions they have made in the dirt shaped like a bowl.
I think it could be my coop too, it is pretty wide open (its a hoop coop) and super ventilated due to our heat and humidity. The back 3/4 is fully covered on the outside to keep out elements and provide shade but thats it. Nothing is truly "enclosed" (aka walls). The coops is fully wrapped in wire with a large door, so it is not like they are out in the open but they are not in a walled off area either...
To answer the other question - my wife is trying to use these little tubs she found at a store. They are plenty large enough for one bird and we have straw and a golf ball in two of those in the coop. They are currently on the floor. We had them sitting up about 6" and also about 12" but they were ignored. They are still ignored.
Their outdoor nests are tiny in comparison, just small depressions they have made in the dirt shaped like a bowl.
I think it could be my coop too, it is pretty wide open (its a hoop coop) and super ventilated due to our heat and humidity. The back 3/4 is fully covered on the outside to keep out elements and provide shade but thats it. Nothing is truly "enclosed" (aka walls). The coops is fully wrapped in wire with a large door, so it is not like they are out in the open but they are not in a walled off area either...