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[holm25]

I made the chooks some treat rings. I added a little extra corn for the turkeys. Hopefully they like them!

 

[scandiafowl]

athalia, good luck with dosing the rooster.  You might have to separate him out of sight and sound to get him to eat.  Dog kennels are so handy for that!


Scandia,  steps are good for mixed ages and when space is an issue.  Otherwise, roosts all on one level seem to decrease the jockeying but for sure don't eliminate it.   
I have roosts in one room of the coop - two roosts going across the room with nothing underneath, and a couple of short roosts with a dropping board.

Think of a square with a couple of roosts on tops.  It will hold 8-10 hens, the roosts are close to each other so there isn't extra space.  Um, think crowded seating in a meeting room - a chair right in front of you with barely enough room for your knees.  This is the favorite roost for everyone, and I like that it keeps them close to each other for warmth in the winter.

When it is hot, they don't use that roost and prefer the roosts that are stretched across the room with all that airspace underneath them.

The second room has a lower roost about 4 feet off the ground.  No one uses that at all.
Also has a roost about 6 feet up going across the room, this is a prized spot.
The second room has a shelf about 6 feet off the ground circling the room.  I hate this because the poop piles up and it is higher than eye level for me so hard to clean up.

I love holms roost.

If you have the time and inclination to post photos that would be great. I'm very much a visual learner.
Mine definitely fight over the top spots.

 

[holm25]

Scandia these r the only pics of mine. This was in the old coop.

 

[lalaland]

holms, I thought you were the one who had a roost that was made up of poles , looked like a raft, with a poop board that you hated to go underneath?

scandia, will try for pics this weekend. I'm also visual!

 

[athalia17]

I tried something that worked for pilling the rooster... coat the pill in peanut butter and then dust it with cornmeal so it's not sticky. He tasted a little then ate the whole thing. Hoping it works tonight too.

His last owner called today and said the wormer they have him in is cheap crap that doesn't treat barely any worms. It's panacur. I asked him for something that would treat gapeworm also. She said she got him from Iowa, and that she didn't NEED to sell him. I said I didn't need to buy him, but he's here now. Her attitude was in between being nicer and yet still, not her fault.

On a positive note, he hasn't been breathing out of his mouth really at all today. He hasn't been coughing or yawning/stretching as much either.

Here's a couple pictures today. To me, he just looks tired.

 

[holm25]

holms, I thought you were the one who had a roost that was made up of poles , looked like a raft, with a poop board that you hated to go underneath?

scandia, will try for pics this weekend.  I'm also visual!

Yeah thats the one I have now. The pics I just posted r of the old one.

 

[scandiafowl]

Scandia these r the only pics of mine. This was in the old coop.

I like how you used trees. Certainly cheaper.

 

[scandiafowl]

I tried something that worked for pilling the rooster... coat the pill in peanut butter and then dust it with cornmeal so it's not sticky. He tasted a little then ate the whole thing. Hoping it works tonight too.

His last owner called today and said the wormer they have him in is cheap crap that doesn't treat barely any worms. It's panacur. I asked him for something that would treat gapeworm also. She said she got him from Iowa, and that she didn't NEED to sell him. I said I didn't need to buy him, but he's here now. Her attitude was in between being nicer and yet still, not her fault.

On a positive note, he hasn't been breathing out of his mouth really at all today. He hasn't been coughing or yawning/stretching as much either.

Here's a couple pictures today. To me, he just looks tired.

I'm not sure I'd want to even speak with that woman anymore. The damage is done.

Is he crowing at all? Can't blame the guy for being tired!

 

[KlopKlop]

I like how you used trees. Certainly cheaper.

Not only that but my chickens will pick a branch roost over a 2x4 roost any day of the week. They seem to like them much much better

 

[scandiafowl]

Not only that but my chickens will pick a branch roost over a 2x4 roost any day of the week. They seem to like them much much better

I'm planning a coop remodel this summer and will use branches instead of 2x4s.

My parents, after they stopped their beef cattle operation started a tree farm. We certainly have enough branches!
My guess is that for chickens it is more comfortable and natural to wrap their feet around a branch.