perching issues

[swap]

Hi...I have a coop that is 4'x4'x4' that the previous person followed from a coop building book. so there is a raised shelve in the back for the nesting boxes and a perch which is a 2"x4" 48"" in length) wide side down for a perching bar. We just received new pullets and there are 4 average size hens 2 brown leghorns and 2 hampshires and bantams, 2 seabrights. As of now four are roosting in the supposed future nesting are and the two bantams are on the rod.

I am afraid they will continue to roost like this and then we will have a messy nesting box area. I am stumped on what I can do to remedy this or is it not a big deal if they roost and lay eggs in the same place?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Sounds like you need to enlarge the building or add a taller area for roosting.
4X4 is just big enough for 4 birds.
The roost needs to be significantly higher than the nests or they'll sleep in the nests which is a bad thing.
Perhaps temporarily if you put a top on the nests they'll sleep on top of them and not IN the nests.
That still isn't appropriate. They need a roost bar so they aren't sleeping in feces.

 

[iwiw60]

Hi...I have a coop that is 4'x4'x4' that the previous person followed from a coop building book. so there is a raised shelve in the back for the nesting boxes and a perch which is a 2"x4" 48"" in length) wide side down for a perching bar. We just received new pullets and there are 4 average size hens 2 brown leghorns and 2 hampshires and bantams, 2 seabrights. As of now four are roosting in the supposed future nesting are and the two bantams are on the rod.

I am afraid they will continue to roost like this and then we will have a messy nesting box area. I am stumped on what I can do to remedy this or is it not a big deal if they roost and lay eggs in the same place?

You are trying to house WAY too many birds in that small of a coop....time to build a bigger coop!