Odd young chickens!

[Plantgirl04]

I have six chickens, three are Australorp's and three are White Leghorn's. I got them when they were three days old. I have now discovered that two of the Australop's are roosters! All of the rest I believe are hens. Oddly enough they still want to all roost together in a small space. I have plenty of room for them to roam around and perch, but they were rather be on top of each other. Is this normal? Also They have a chicken run that leads out form their pin in the barn, but rarely spend much time out there. I am going to have to weed eat the area because they aren't doing much scratching out there and the grass is getting high. They are two months old.

 

[salt and pepper]

It is normal for young chickens to snuggle with each other, when they don't have a mother hen, this makes them feel safe ( also keep them warm ) How old are they? My chicks are usually happy in their coop, until they hit 6 weeks, then they want out and NOW lol. I would mow the lawn, even if they start eating the grass, if it's too long, they could get impacted crops from it.

 

[CracklesIsACrow]

Well usually roosters don't start being mean to each other until they start mating, And if they are mating sorry can't help you

 

[salt and pepper]

I would place them in the run to forage, until they get used to it, I know mine for the LONGEST time were scared to go outside, but then I started placing them out, and now I can't get them back in lol. The roosters should be fine for a while yet, and sometimes, since they were raised together, they never get aggressive with eachother.

 

[Chickens R Us]

My chicks are 2 1/2 months old now and still pile together when sleeping, they only use the roosts during the day to play on like a jungle gym.

 

[CracklesIsACrow]

Ya, mostly of my chickens really don't use the roosts.

 

[Plantgirl04]

It is normal for young chickens to snuggle with each other, when they don't have a mother hen, this makes them feel safe ( also keep them warm ) How old are they? My chicks are usually happy in their coop, until they hit 6 weeks, then they want out and NOW lol. I would mow the lawn, even if they start eating the grass, if it's too long, they could get impacted crops from it.

 

[Plantgirl04]

They are a kittle over three months old.

 

[Plantgirl04]

Little

 

[salt and pepper]

Could just take a while... Mine hated free ranging until they were 12 weeks, and still snuggle up together. How are they now?