New pullets help!

[jdubb12]

I am new to the site and new to chickens, I just got 6 hens, 3 are about 4 months old and 3 are around 7 months old. All of them get on there perch just fine but one, its one of the older ones, I have put her up there the last 3 nights (she stays there once I put her there) and tonight again she is on the floor in the corner, should I keep putting her up there or should I let her figure it out herself? On another note these hens are way more fun than my dogs!!!

 

[Joshua G]

Hi and

I would let her get on the roost herself, it may be that she is being picked on and is trying to get away from a bully.

 

[jdubb12]

Actually she is the bully when she gets up there.

 

[aart]

Can she not get up there herself?
Does she need a ramp maybe?
Do you have enough roost length?
They need about a foot per bird, more is better if you've got the room so they have extra space to get settled.

 

[jdubb12]

All the other birds make it up there just fine, there is more than enough room on the 2 roosts. A ramp wouldn't really work with my layout, maybe a "step" extended down?

 

[aart]

or just something for her to jump on to shorten the jump to the roost.