I guess tomorrow I'm adding more roosts

ackie

previously jwehl // dogs & cats & squirrels oh my!
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Two side by side pens.

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The main difference is that the first pen has a pen on each side of it (but thats just chicken wire) whereas the second pen's outside wall is open air (horse fence). The pens are connected & the birds free range during the day so they can sleep literally wherever they want. I just took away some 2x4 flat roosts so they stop pooping on them and this is how they rearrange themselves.

*shakes head* chickens.

And its not that pen 1 chickens hate pen 2 chickens. Pen 1 is always less full but the birds themselves sleep in different places all the time, including switching up which pen they're in.
 

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I have the same problem with nest boxes. I have 4 huge boxes, all made with lots of privacy. Every day they all fight over the same one! There is usually 3- 5 in the box with a waiting line of squaking hens outside it!!! They will literally drop an egg on the floor while waiting in line to use "that" box!!!

CHICKENS!!!
 
I have the same problem with nest boxes. I have 4 huge boxes, all made with lots of privacy. Every day they all fight over the same one! There is usually 3- 5 in the box with a waiting line of squaking hens outside it!!! They will literally drop an egg on the floor while waiting in line to use "that" box!!!

CHICKENS!!!
no one ever told us they were smart haha
 

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