Butterbane
In the Brooder
- Mar 27, 2019
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So I'm hoping that the more experienced chicken mama & papa's out there have the answer that I'm looking for.
I have 5 Red-sex link hens. They are all raised together and are 5 months old today. Since moving from the Nursery in the living room to their own home outside, all five have slept in the coop at night (mid-May). Every night they will line up on the veranda outside of their coop and then march into bed when the sun was settle. Occasionally one (usually the same one) would sleep down in the straw under the roost or in a nesting box. No biggie.
However, for the last two weeks. Two of my girls will watch as the other three file into the coop, and then they will lay down, snuggle up with each other, and fall asleep. Every night I have to pick them up, and put them to bed. Now, their run is completely enclosed with hardware fabric (top & bottom included), so I'm not overly worried about predators, but I do worry that it will get to cold at night, and I will wake up to frozen chicken nuggets.
Should I be concern that these two do not appear to want to sleep with their sisters? What do you think? I've attached a photo of their run & coop. It's an older photo … just before construction was completed … but you can see the coop on top, and the run below. The white board is where the girls fall asleep.
I have 5 Red-sex link hens. They are all raised together and are 5 months old today. Since moving from the Nursery in the living room to their own home outside, all five have slept in the coop at night (mid-May). Every night they will line up on the veranda outside of their coop and then march into bed when the sun was settle. Occasionally one (usually the same one) would sleep down in the straw under the roost or in a nesting box. No biggie.
However, for the last two weeks. Two of my girls will watch as the other three file into the coop, and then they will lay down, snuggle up with each other, and fall asleep. Every night I have to pick them up, and put them to bed. Now, their run is completely enclosed with hardware fabric (top & bottom included), so I'm not overly worried about predators, but I do worry that it will get to cold at night, and I will wake up to frozen chicken nuggets.
Should I be concern that these two do not appear to want to sleep with their sisters? What do you think? I've attached a photo of their run & coop. It's an older photo … just before construction was completed … but you can see the coop on top, and the run below. The white board is where the girls fall asleep.