My chickens like sleeping up high in their coop. Should I change something here?

[Squawkers]

It's in the 50s. I'm walking around in a T-shirt. This weather is weird.

50s is perfectly fine, that is weird although I’m having the same weird weather, it has been almost 80 recently and that’s unusual here in December

 

[Squawkers]

Yes, but this is up against the side of the coop.

The chicken wire thing is a good idea. I could do that pretty easy.

Yeah, there might have been some confusion. The short side facing up makes a perfectly fine roost, but I would be very surprised if a full grown chicken could fit on a 2x4 that was flush against a wall.

 

[NatJ]

Could you maybe block off the area by stapling chicken wire between the wall of the coop and the rafter? Chicken wire does a terrible job with predator protection but is just fine for containing (or excluding) chickens.

Even an empty feed bag or an old sheet might work, if it just needs to deter chickens and not keep out predators.

Or top the 2x4 with an angled piece of wood so the chickens slide off instead of being able to balance on top of it: a piece of trim from the hardware store or a board cut at an angle all along its length, depending on what woodworking tools you have.

 

[FrostRanger]

I personally wouldn't be too worried. As long as they have the choice of getting out of the wind they should be fine

 

[ThatsMyPurseIdontknowyou]

I had some extra hardware cloth and I blocked it off on the inside.

 

[Squawkers]

I had some extra hardware cloth and I blocked it off on the inside.

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Looks perfect! Frostranger does have a point about not worrying about it, but I’m a worry wort and I would just feel very nervous having them in direct draft in super cold weather.

 

[ThatsMyPurseIdontknowyou]

Looks perfect! Frostranger does have a point about not worrying about it, but I’m a worry wort and I would just feel very nervous having them in direct draft in super cold weather.

Exactly. You can't always trust livestock knows whats best for it. Thats why its domesticated.

 

[ThatsMyPurseIdontknowyou]

Well now they are hanging out on top of the hardware cloth.

 

[ThatsMyPurseIdontknowyou]

I went out there with a flashlight and yelled at them.

Tomorrow I will make the angle on the hardware cloth steeper so they can't hang out on it.

 

[16 and me]

I went out there with a flashlight and yelled at them.

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Tomorrow I will make the angle on the hardware cloth steeper so they can't hang out on it.

I have had to chase chickens out of the most random places, but this takes the cake. You may need a permanent solution, they seem to have good memories when it comes to things like this. Mine like the top of the coop door, so I've had to block it off so they can't access it.