Is it ok that my chickens sleep like this?

[DogAndCat36]

Awesome. Let us know how they like it!

Will do so.

 

[DogAndCat36]

If your birds continue to sleep on the floor, they will most likely be scalded from laying in their own urine, causing feather loss and irritated skin. It can also lead to respiratory problems from sleeping too close to the bedding. These are both issues you need to be proactive about sooner rather than later. There is a myriad ways you can make a roost that your birds may enjoy. It seems like you have been offering them metal options, which are slippery and ungrippable for them. Try offering a wooden roost, any way you can figure it out, it is not rocket science.

Also, I didn't now that sleeping on the floor was bad for them.
Thanks for the info.

 

[Tre3hugger]

Also, I didn't now that sleeping on the floor was bad for them.
Thanks for the info.

No problem. It's what we're here for. Sorry if I sounded harsh at any point. Thanks for being willing to learn/asking the question in the first place.

 

[RobertaD1]

If you have a pallet, lean it securely onto a block or even the buckets. I use this for my littles to hide under, but they roost on it till they are "allowed" to roost with the big girls. You can see it there on the left. Some people have also had luck using an old ladder. just secure it.

 

[DogAndCat36]

If you have a pallet, lean it securely onto a block or even the buckets. I use this for my littles to hide under, but they roost on it till they are "allowed" to roost with the big girls. You can see it there on the left. Some people have also had luck using an old ladder. just secure it.

How can I secure it just wondering?

 

[RobertaD1]

I just slid a block under it, then would test it till it didn't move. The top is like 18" off the floor. But, If you have a nail, nail it to the wall. I also have a dirt floor, that helps with sliding around. But, a heavy couple of rocks would work too.

 

[RobertaD1]

I guess I should say, I used a concrete block to prop it.

 

[DogAndCat36]

I guess I should say, I used a concrete block to prop it.

I will place this in my coop. Thank you so much. I will first need to wait for the broody and her chick to become brave enough to leave the coop during the day to do this though.

 

[RobertaD1]

You may have to put them on it at night for a few night... so they understand what its for... but it works. You end up scraping poop off a lot, but its no problem. Not my first choice of roosts... but its a start! Good luck! Maybe, you could work to something like this! I stole this picture off the internet... but it is WAY easy to make!

 

[DogAndCat36]

You may have to put them on it at night for a few night... so they understand what its for... but it works. You end up scraping poop off a lot, but its no problem. Not my first choice of roosts... but its a start! Good luck! Maybe, you could work to something like this! I stole this picture off the internet... but it is WAY easy to make!

Would love to make that. But I think that my parents would disagree with the price.