I offer several different sizes and types of roosts....cedar limbs ranging from 1 inch to 2 inches, 2.5 x 1/2 boards on nest boxes, a mix of 1.5 x 1/2 rounded edge boards and added a 1 x 3 inch board to the roost. I've noticed that birds move to different positions on the different roost boards. All my chickens are standards.
The roost boards in the growout pen are 1 inch cedar limbs and 1.5 x 1/2 inch boards....the young birds are close to bantie sizes right now.
ArtsyRobin, we have a friend who used to work in the Colorado Zoo many years ago....he says putting sugar on an open wound and then bandaging it will help the healing process. It's a very old-fashioned remedy that does work on gangrene, burns and surgical wounds that can't be stitched.
We were getting hail and heavy rain within this past hour.