older pullets quit roosting

[KLC321]

3 of my pullets started spending the night in nesting boxes. They are over 2 years old and have previously used the roosts. They have 3 different roosts.

 

[sourland]

Are they molting? Have you checked the roosts for red mites in the evening?

 

[Tired old Rooster]

3 of my pullets started spending the night in nesting boxes. They are over 2 years old and have previously used the roosts. They have 3 different roosts.

They are not pullets anymore, they are hens. Are they perhaps broody?

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

Has anything changed in the coop? Air blowing on the roosts? Leaky roof or water blowing in? Mice?
Has their flock order changed?

Pullet = female chicken under 1 year of age
Hen = 1+ year old
Cockerel = male chicken under 1 year
Rooster = 1+ year old

 

[KLC321]

Are they molting? Have you checked the roosts for red mites in the evening?

Thanks for your response. They are not molting. I put diatomaceous earth powder in their coop recently on the floor, nesting boxes and perches. I don't think I have red mites but will check tonight.

 

[KLC321]

They are not pullets anymore, they are hens. Are they perhaps broody?

Good to know - hens not pullets. They aren't spending all day on the nesting boxes, just at night so I don't think they are broody.

 

[KLC321]

Has anything changed in the coop? Air blowing on the roosts? Leaky roof or water blowing in? Mice?
Has their flock order changed?

Pullet = female chicken under 1 year of age
Hen = 1+ year old
Cockerel = male chicken under 1 year
Rooster = 1+ year old

Yes definitely hens, not pullets. Everything is the same for the last 8 months or so. It doesn't seem like the flock order has changed - it is very quiet and they all seem to get along during the day. We had lots of drama and strife when we had a rooster but he's been gone for awhile and everything is calmer.