I've built my coop

[cyart]

and my run for my 4 chickens. My question is, do I need a roost? I didn't put one in the plans. I can easily get on in the run, but to put one in the coop will take up a lot of space. Do I really need one for the girls?

Christine

 

[Run-A-Muck Ranch]

do you have an old ladder you can lean against the wall...Or even a corner of the coop to put a branch across????

I don't know about others, but we have roosts in the coop that the birds use all the time...We also have ones in the outdoor run, but none of the birds use them...Now they are more for my own personal satisfaction--that the birds need them out there--- even though they don't use them...hahah

 

[Jenlyn9483]

Most chicken perfer to roost, thats how they sleep.

 

[Solsken Farm]

The thing that is so critical about the roost, even beyond that the chickens love them, is that this is a way to keep clean eggs. If chickens sleep in nests, they will leave very poopy eggs. Ick. I would really reconsider your plans to include a roost. My guys all roost and are seem so happy at night.

 

[ams3651]

i dont have enough of a roost apparently because they are finding other places to roost.

 

[Grass]

i just layed a couple old tree limbs i found in the woods accrossed my run and the chicks love them.at first the were spooked from them for a day or 2 but now if you look in the run everyone of them are roosting on them.funny thing is they only about 6" off the ground.i think they just feel more comfortable on a roost no matter where they are.