Ok guys I've just watched "girl power" in the chicken world. One of my hens refuses to sleep in a shelter. She prefers the bamboo out front. Today she hooked up with a young cockerel and he's smitten. He follows her everywhere. Tonight, she went up into the bamboo and he paced back and forth "no not gonna do it, safer places exist..." In the end he flew up and perched on the same branch as her. So he left 1/2 welded wire for her. So my assessment..... girls are just dangerous. Feel free to beat me up I'm just having fun.