- Aug 7, 2014
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Hi all,
I've always had chairs and straw bales for my chickens to sit on-which they love, but I recently got rid of them (straw bales going mouldy, chairs falling apart etc.) and put up 2 tree branches for them to perch on when outside in their run (they have wooden perches to roost on inside which they like at night but not branches). They have not been on them once! I thought they'd love them, but the only chicken I have seen who was not on the ground decided to sit on top of an old tree stump instead of one of the branches! Do chickens not like to sit on perches during the day? I'm sure I've seen pics of others chickens sitting on wooden perches having a rest. I don't like to think of them having to sit on the ground, I'm sure they would like to sit somewhere high to feel safer-what does everyone else do? I don't have any old chairs left and the straw bales are a pain since they get the car so messed up and get damp and mouldy quickly-I think they miss the chairs and straw bales but I'm puzzled why they don't like the branches?
I've always had chairs and straw bales for my chickens to sit on-which they love, but I recently got rid of them (straw bales going mouldy, chairs falling apart etc.) and put up 2 tree branches for them to perch on when outside in their run (they have wooden perches to roost on inside which they like at night but not branches). They have not been on them once! I thought they'd love them, but the only chicken I have seen who was not on the ground decided to sit on top of an old tree stump instead of one of the branches! Do chickens not like to sit on perches during the day? I'm sure I've seen pics of others chickens sitting on wooden perches having a rest. I don't like to think of them having to sit on the ground, I'm sure they would like to sit somewhere high to feel safer-what does everyone else do? I don't have any old chairs left and the straw bales are a pain since they get the car so messed up and get damp and mouldy quickly-I think they miss the chairs and straw bales but I'm puzzled why they don't like the branches?